XMartina: Look on the bright side, Adan. Your niece wasn't coward enough to run from a mere whipping after all. Knew we'd see your filthy bastard when we stripped you, didn't you, girl?
Adan: But --
Martina: And now you have the chance to prove your family's loyalty to --
Filipa: Mother!
Adan: But I am loyal to the Nightmasks -- Fil, tell her --
Filipa: Of course you are. There's no reason on Earth you should be here, Adan, or have to see this. Go home.
Adan: ... Filipa, she's just a kid. I know what she's carrying has to die, but -- we've always stood by the Nightmasks. Couldn't she --
Filipa: We can't make exceptions, Adan. For the loyal least of all. We start down that road, playing favorites, saying the laws only matter to the little people... then we're no better than the cangrejos. Go home to your mother and sister. They'll need you.
Zeke: Very high-minded, Fil. Very ethical. I can almost forget you mean to kill a seventeen-year-old and a baby.
Martina: We could kill a traitorous sellout instead.
Filipa: Mother, I am about five minutes from 'kill everyone in the room and go back to bed', and that includes you. Don't tempt me.
Adan: But --
Martina: And now you have the chance to prove your family's loyalty to --
Filipa: Mother!
Adan: But I am loyal to the Nightmasks -- Fil, tell her --
Filipa: Of course you are. There's no reason on Earth you should be here, Adan, or have to see this. Go home.
Adan: ... Filipa, she's just a kid. I know what she's carrying has to die, but -- we've always stood by the Nightmasks. Couldn't she --
Filipa: We can't make exceptions, Adan. For the loyal least of all. We start down that road, playing favorites, saying the laws only matter to the little people... then we're no better than the cangrejos. Go home to your mother and sister. They'll need you.
Zeke: Very high-minded, Fil. Very ethical. I can almost forget you mean to kill a seventeen-year-old and a baby.
Martina: We could kill a traitorous sellout instead.
Filipa: Mother, I am about five minutes from 'kill everyone in the room and go back to bed', and that includes you. Don't tempt me.
When last we saw.... Filipa - Zeke - Ria
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February 18, 2010
First off, I owe you all a massive apology for abandoning the site without a word for nearly a week. I had a moderately miserable weekend dealing (as part of my day job) with dying animals and beastly weather, and, possibly as a result of that, the rest of the week nursing what has turned into a beastly flu. Stoic that I am, I kept kidding myself that I would find the energy and focus to work on strips Any Hour Now, but it never materialized, and I'm now sick enough to admit that it won't for a little while. I am so sorry, guys. Hopefully by Monday I'll have patched myself up enough to get back on track.
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