Page 76
In which Lawrence goes fishing.
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Panel 1 [Ezra stands up, dusting off his hands and looking over at Lawrence, who's let go of the hanging whale line]
LAWRENCE:
It’s true; this is the first ship I’ve been on.
EZRA:
Helluva first.
Panel 2 [Josué laughs off camera and Ezra looks up in (presumably) his direction]
JOSUÉ:
Ahaha, você também é dos Açores? De que ilha?
Panel 3 [In the foreground, Josué is fitting out a whaleboat with the whaleboats with another, João de Silva, the two having their conversation. In the background, Ezra looks on at them, and Lawrence looks at Ezra]
JOAO:
Pico.
JOSUÉ:
Ahh, o vinho!
Eu sou do Faial.
LAWRENCE:
…How long have you known Josué?
Panel 4 [Ezra leans his head to the side with a squint, thinking.]
EZRA:
A year, thereabouts? We spent part of a trip together.
Panel 5 [Lawrence glances at Ezra who's looking a little guarded.]
LAWRENCE:
Oh. I would’ve imagined longer.
EZRA:
Makes you say that?
LAWRENCE:
There just felt like a certain…familiarity there.
LAWRENCE:
It’s true; this is the first ship I’ve been on.
EZRA:
Helluva first.
Panel 2 [Josué laughs off camera and Ezra looks up in (presumably) his direction]
JOSUÉ:
Ahaha, você também é dos Açores? De que ilha?
Panel 3 [In the foreground, Josué is fitting out a whaleboat with the whaleboats with another, João de Silva, the two having their conversation. In the background, Ezra looks on at them, and Lawrence looks at Ezra]
JOAO:
Pico.
JOSUÉ:
Ahh, o vinho!
Eu sou do Faial.
LAWRENCE:
…How long have you known Josué?
Panel 4 [Ezra leans his head to the side with a squint, thinking.]
EZRA:
A year, thereabouts? We spent part of a trip together.
Panel 5 [Lawrence glances at Ezra who's looking a little guarded.]
LAWRENCE:
Oh. I would’ve imagined longer.
EZRA:
Makes you say that?
LAWRENCE:
There just felt like a certain…familiarity there.
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