So Murai will go, still broken, but working life as best she can.
Well we can not fix up everybody at the end, I guess, and if we did, something else would break then.
I find it interesting that Murai is pictured in silhouette/backlighting in several of the recent strips, echoing the imagery of the “Good Man” myth integral to her backstory. Coincidence, or sneaky authorial/artistic intention? You decide.
Hey, she’s gone another step in her hero’s journey. Murai will be the hero she was born to be, only a more practical one now, thanks to Digger’s influence.
I imagine Shadowchild will not be finished, and in fact, will be forgotten (by all the cast) as Digger prepares her final goodbye. The statue and the hag, and perhaps even the queen of trolls, will stand by to say farewell, and in the final panel, we’ll see a small figure following a respectable distance behind Digger…
Farewell, Murai. I will not say “goodbye”, for who knows? we may yet meet again, Fate and Ursula willing. Until then, as the Eagles say, Fare well wherever you fare!
So it’s Murai up against the world, hm?
I feel safer already. (:
I sense a disturbance in the comic as if old friends partet and a spinoff is about to begin.
Poor Digger. 🙁
So Murai will go, still broken, but working life as best she can.
Well we can not fix up everybody at the end, I guess, and if we did, something else would break then.
So… Digger’s slowly running out of reasons to stay…?
I have the feeling wombat hugs are pretty awesome. Firm and necessary.
Murai, you shall be missed.
I *love* that upper right panel.
;__;…. **sniffle** All the fledglings are leaving the nest one by one…
How hard it must be for Digger, to lose another friend so soon. Even if not in a tragic way, it still is like bumping a bruise…
So many characters leaving…
I find it interesting that Murai is pictured in silhouette/backlighting in several of the recent strips, echoing the imagery of the “Good Man” myth integral to her backstory. Coincidence, or sneaky authorial/artistic intention? You decide.
The end is nigh.
Hey, she’s gone another step in her hero’s journey. Murai will be the hero she was born to be, only a more practical one now, thanks to Digger’s influence.
Wow… it really feels like the end is coming… I’m going to miss everyone. Poor little Digger, watching her friends leave…
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Wow, everything seems to be winding up so fast….
Digger keeps having to say goodbye to friends. 🙁
It does seem to be winding down, but there are still strings to tie up – Shadow Child for one hint hint hint 😉
I imagine Shadowchild will not be finished, and in fact, will be forgotten (by all the cast) as Digger prepares her final goodbye. The statue and the hag, and perhaps even the queen of trolls, will stand by to say farewell, and in the final panel, we’ll see a small figure following a respectable distance behind Digger…
I’ve had hugs like that before, and they are awesome. The goodbye part sucks though.
Farewell, Murai. I will not say “goodbye”, for who knows? we may yet meet again, Fate and Ursula willing. Until then, as the Eagles say, Fare well wherever you fare!
@ToraKiyoshi – I like your thinking!
“There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.” The Last Unicorn