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on November 16, 2022
Chapter:

I was gonna have Addy with her hair down for this series of pages but forgot to do it in the last page, and the timing between this page and the next for her to take it down and rebraid it…wouldn’t make sense. SO I GUESS SHE’S SLEEPING IN THAT…

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Panel 1 [Adelaide speaks to Barzillai as he shrugs off his jacket. He squints at her, looking baffled at her suggestion.]

ADELAIDE:
Besides, Mr. Roxbury didn’t pay for this ship to have a doctor. I might very well be stepping into the role.

BARZILLAI:
As doctor?

Panel 2 [Adelaide looks pointed despite her nausea, determined to not be underestimated.]

ADELAIDE:
I’ve done it before. I cared for you, didn’t I? When you were the only one who came back.

Panel 3 [Barzillai rubs the back of his neck]

BARZILLAI:
…I suppose you have as much experience as any of us, for whatever it’s worth.

Panel 4 [Barzillai takes her hand, head slightly lowered, giving her a wary look. Shot over Adelaide’s shoulder.]

BARZILLAI:
But I ask that you don’t repeat that part of my history to any of the others.

Panel 5 [Barzillai loosens his cravat, frowning.]

BARZILLAI:
Some might think it bad luck, and I don’t want to color the voyage in such a way.