I continue to mess around with the color effects. These look better: the sky itself began with a green tinge instead of a gray winter color, giving everything a sickly hue.

Also: I’ve discovered how to make curved word balloon tails that don’t look all shaky, so I’m going to try less hand-drawn word balloons, since man, those things are ugly. Rejoice!

And here we get a glimmering of Maresh’s odd theology. You’ll be getting more of that crammed down your throat over the course of the comic.