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Wooo I knocked this out in one day from start to finish! If this comic was my 9-5 it’d be done in 2 years…but alas.
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Panel 1 [Ezra kneels by the tub, taking the eyesplice in one hand as he glances over at Lawrence, who's reaching up for the whale line hanging from above.]
EZRA:
We keep an eye splice outside the tub, like this. And then all you need'ta do is feed me that line and work out any extra twists as I coil down. But watch as I do it.
Panel 2 [Shot over Lawrence’s shoulder as Ezra starts to coil the line in the tub]
EZRA:
It's laid clockwise, outside in. Each layer smooth and perfect-like, so it runs free when the time comes. Understand?
LAWRENCE:
Yes.
Panel 3 [Closer shot of Ezra looking pensive as he catches himself mid-thought]
EZRA:
Each boatsteerer tends to his own tub and…Ha…guess that means this ain’t my job anymore.
Panel 4 [Same shot, Ezra waving it off and smiling slightly]
EZRA:
Ahh, I don’t think Mr. De Silva will mind me gettin’ him started on this one
Panel 5 [Close up shot of Ezra’s hands working on the line tub. His voice off camera, Lawrence’s as well.
EZRA:
It’s important to mind that there ain’t no knuckles in the line. No twists. Just one could kill us all.
LAWRENCE:
How so?
EZRA:
We keep an eye splice outside the tub, like this. And then all you need'ta do is feed me that line and work out any extra twists as I coil down. But watch as I do it.
Panel 2 [Shot over Lawrence’s shoulder as Ezra starts to coil the line in the tub]
EZRA:
It's laid clockwise, outside in. Each layer smooth and perfect-like, so it runs free when the time comes. Understand?
LAWRENCE:
Yes.
Panel 3 [Closer shot of Ezra looking pensive as he catches himself mid-thought]
EZRA:
Each boatsteerer tends to his own tub and…Ha…guess that means this ain’t my job anymore.
Panel 4 [Same shot, Ezra waving it off and smiling slightly]
EZRA:
Ahh, I don’t think Mr. De Silva will mind me gettin’ him started on this one
Panel 5 [Close up shot of Ezra’s hands working on the line tub. His voice off camera, Lawrence’s as well.
EZRA:
It’s important to mind that there ain’t no knuckles in the line. No twists. Just one could kill us all.
LAWRENCE:
How so?
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