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They are taking an unusual route out to the ship, normally passengers load onto ground-to-orbit boats on the opposite side of the habitat module, then transfer to the ferry ship in orbit. They are getting straight onto a ferry ship (the Runaway), which is way too big to dock into the usual transfer port. So, time for a little exosuit romp. All staff members at Dirtball have exosuits on standby in the lockers as an emergency preparedness measure but most will never actually use them during their tenure.

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Unicorngirl 3008

Talita going from a centaur trunk smile to a humanized grin.. ohhhh my beloved ohhhh im hurt

The Opossum Witch

I genuinely genuinely genuinely love this woman so much

Catching Shadows

Talita's getting to leave on such a good, positive note. I love this for her.

Scout

her trunk smile to verengt and then her toothy smile to idrisah I WILL CRY. codeswitching… aaaaughghguhghhuygg

rabbithaver

TALITA VERENGT FRIENDSHIP REAL!!!!!!!!

chemibaptism

talita having the confidence to speak with her trunk pointing outward after speaking with verengt… 🥺 for as understandably averse as she is to engaging with centaur culture, i think having cordial conversations and making connections with other people that look like you does the mind good.

Cursorial

aww this whole interaction warmed my heart so much ;-; love the little visual symbolism of the side-lit face with one eye of eyeshine

Donny K

Oh this page warms my heart to the core after seeing her struggle so badly with her identity for so long <3

gooeymander

I really like how the interaction with the clan shifts Talita's departure from "running away" to "running to." Like she is escaping a bad situation, but she's also "migrating" to go on a new journey with her friends! She has a lot to look forward to beyond just not working here anymore.

Krangis

Gillie’s exosuit has a stubby tail!! 🥺

B

Who's the fellow in back center, with the thin stripes going down their arms? We saw them with Verengt when Talita got her first look at the family, but they weren't introduced as part of Verengt's entourage. Are they Verengt's sireparent?

Devoted Archon

Ahh and I notice she’s doing the same arms-together rest pose that the others always do. I don’t recall, does she do that normally?

Hemocyanin

Aw, that hand gesture Verengt and the others are doing must be the centaur equivalent of a wave goodbye. And now that we can see them in the light, it looks like it's Yaunda, Pay and Verengt's sireparent. Jachipt is probably watching the kids haha. I hope we get to see more of the Gwailer clan later in the story, they're delightful.

Stormy ⚡️

That should be their sireparent.

Stormy ⚡️

I've seen her do that a lot. It's how her arms naturally rest.

SenGrisane

Happy trunk curl! ❤️

Valentina José

The way she's doing both a trunk curl and a slight mouth smile, and the way she has one eye slightly reflecting and one eye mostly refecting instead of none and all like on page 292.... augh the symbolism is so good!!

KierDaSnek

I love how this entire interaction went and how understanding the other Centaurs are! They're not bitter, or angry, or anything like that, they just wanna see Talita have a safe journey despite barely meeting her. I adore this so much

Montydragon

Talita's smile.... hhhhhghghgh

Pavel Lishin

I feel like Talita gets to see Idrisa and Gillie be good at what they do, and this is the first time they really get to see her be good at what she does.

Tigme

I love that Gillie's has a lil tail hole on the back of the suit

CoffeeCat

They're so lovely, I hope we get to see more of the Gwailers! If Talita remains in contact with Verengt, perhaps they'd have an interest in Naya Pradesh when the story gets there.

RareBirdAlert

I've deeply enjoyed this interaction Talita and Verengt got to have.

Ekktopus

I wonder what an exosuit would look like for matriarch centaurs with larvae, like Verengt. Since everyone has standby suits in case of emergency, are suits commissioned short notice or does there have to be a thorough checklist of available equipment before new staff and their family are hired and brought on? Which also makes me curious of what strict rules surround reproduction(?), accidental or not and/or how it is monitored in places like Dirtball. Since it's mainly a "work/employment" site from what I'm understanding. Is it tabboo to bring such young sophonts in, or is there more leeway the more species-specific things get (since for centaurs larvae and related hierarchy is a core part of their culture)?

Topknot

You have such a talent for depicting emotion.

rabbitwarden

more than likely the matriarch and their entourage do not go in exosuits or other stuff like that outside of pure necessity, and probably also do not perform much manual labour either. that said theres probably mesh braces a nursing centaur can wear around their abdomen under the exosuit to avoid squishing the babies, since they seem to hug pretty close to mama

EdenArtFactory

pay is secretly so relieved that talita is leaving, juanda* is happy that they were right lol edit*

CoffeeCat

One loose end remains... How does Yao end up with a pair of Talita's antlers?

Shannon O'Connell

Awww, I'm so happy this ended well! It's nice to see Verengt and their clanmates sending Talita off with "smiles."

General Chaos's Page of Arts

Oh, you just know the sireparent was the one that put Verengt up to talking to Talita in the first place. :D

Adrienne R

Good luck, Jay - I hope you're all right

Jay Eaton

I'm fine the rest of the book is detailed two page spreads which are kicking my ass though

Swampfiend

I love talita smiling in both the “human way” and the “centaur way” at once in the second panel

Adrienne R

my ass feels kicked just hearing about it, godspeed