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2-20-2023

A friend of mine very literally threatened to throw an intervention so I'm going to keep this short.

It's weird to introduce yourself to a stranger with your full name, right? I met a bunch of people at a party a few weeks ago. None of us exchanged last names.

Mary seems to attend a lot of concerts. Very cultured. Very refined. She even recognizes Hugh somehow.

And I'm tickled by her "his... wife!?" thought balloon, like the idea that he's managed to trap someone in a marriage is so unbelievable, so surprising.

It's interesting that she states he accompanied a cellist, not was accompanied by a cellist. Xiulan was the focal point. I guess her very large pregnant stomach didn't interfere with playing the cello? I have no idea how that works.

Xiulan is wearing street clothes, a baggy turtleneck and loose jumper, to dance with her husband who is in a tuxedo. Formal gowns for pregnant people exist, and also she's a gazillionaire and can easily have all of her clothing custom made. But no, she made this sartorial choice.

And I guess her turning to the side after taking off her coat was meant to be a Big Reveal except 1) regular readers already know she's pregnant and 2) she looks pregnant from the front.

I've been pregnant and I cannot imagine a very pregnant person enthusiastically dancing the tango. Not as far along as she is, anyway. Pregnancy is exhausting, it changes your center of gravity, and it limits your mobility.

The only way to redeem this stretch of story is if this all acts as a means to re-introduce these characters to the strip, a sign that we're going to be seeing more characters doing stuff, more story telling, Edda and Amos actually interacting with other people. But, I mean, they didn't interact with these people at this event, they dipped before anyone else arrived so they could fuck. So I don't know if this is even possible.

I expect we'll see Isabel and Burkhardt next.