Merry Christmas and appologies

I'm sorry! I have strips inked and everything, really! But I'm home for the holidays and the only two scanners in the house are connected to computers that are in use most of the time. (And the one that's used to least of those two belongs to a very scary little sister. 0.0; )

But I have the strips inked. Really.

Merry Christmas.

Chapter 6, Page 37 Naval Gazing

I blame holiday and school stress along with way the heck too much manga for this episode. Lack of sleep makes me weird.

My deepest apologies for the near-CLAMP style here. I didn't even think of it until I was halfway done with the inking.

So need more sleep.

Chapter 6, Page 36 What else is real?

The swamp has been losing its ambiance since construction started on the far side, but it still manages to give one the feeling that there's something in there staring at you.

Mary, of course, being somewhat insane, wants to explore the swamp in order to find out what that something is.

The original for this episode was going to feel a lot more like naval gazing, but I realized in time that it would not be in the best interests of the story or my schedule.

Been reading way too much Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

Chapter 6, Page 35 The Christmas Rush

Okay, a little break in the action (such as it is) to introduce the problem that faces all gift givers every Christmas.

Come on. *Tell me* this hasn't happened to you.

Chapter 6, Page 34 More things in Heaven and Earth.

Just when you thought it was safe to get in the bed.

Shakespeare was right when he had Hamlet say, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies." Including such things as ghosts, angels, and less, ah, friendly entities.

Yeah. Mary's brain is on the way to being broken.

Chapter 6, Page 33 Define your terms.

It's cliche, but Mary's undergoing a paradigm shift without a clutch. If you smell smoke, that's Mary's brain.

Ghosts are *real?*