Spent last Saturday helping my dad get his car to his mechanic to check the alternator. The dangers of driving a car old enough to run for the House of Representatives. Now if only he would get his truck (which is merely legally old enough to drink alcohol) running, he'd really be in business. Anyway, time to dive into the remaining books from last month.
Maddy explains that 18 years ago, some goblin guy she and Jae-Sun knew stole her kid and dove through the lake back to his realm, with her on his heels. But he's in some floating fortress and they need some wood from the tree he emerged from to trap him, according to Maddy's dragon friend. They get the wood, the fox lady steals a glowy orb the dragon's holding, which turns red in her jaws and when Jae-Sun's grandfather and the fox grasp it simultaneously, she vanishes and he. . .dies? Maybe?
I feel as though there is a lot of culturally specific mythology or knowledge I'm lacking. Like, what was the orb the dragon was carrying, and why does the fox lady want it? Why did it turn red and shoot lightning after she used it to steal the life energy of the little woodland goblin guys, if the orb was what did that? I'm guessing Dor stealing the baby had something to do with Jae-Sun yelling at Maddy and bailing, as described in a conversation they have in the middle of the issue, but I'm not sure why. Maybe Jae-Sun's denial revoked his connection in Dor's eyes?
The colors in the flashbacks set in the other world are more vivid and varied than those set in the regular world. Bocardo sets the page of Maddy emerging into the other world with eight panels across the two pages of her bursting through the surface of the lake, which Martinez colors in a cool blue. Then there are 10 panels around the border of the page that detail Maddy's chase of Dor through the Sky Wild, which are dominated by a deep red and also start upside-down and then on their side as they progress.
The one exception is when Maddy blows up at Jae-Sun for not being there when their daughter needed him. Four narrow diagonal panels progressing from red-orange-yellow as she cools down, and ending with blue in a panel focused on Jae-Sun staring morosely at his coffee.
Dooley, Dirck and Cumberland are saved by some of the locals, who are admittedly local because the U.S. government drove them off their land while they were infected with smallpox, and Cumberland was part of the Army unit that did it. This is an interesting revelation in light of Cumberland told Dooley about people just wanting someone else to tell them to do things they'd do anyway. Does that apply to him as well, or is he blameless because he feels guilty?
Elsewhere, Betty's concerned about the men Rosa is meeting with, but when she tries to confide in the sheriff, he locks her up. Which is too bad for Betty, and not just because the sheriff is a fraud. Rosa is desperately hungry and the men she's meeting with would like her to drink Betty dry, to see her in action. And Griffin is getting a glimpse of Moreau's work, and being offered the chance to be his greatest creation.
So Seeley and Campbell are giving Rosa and Griffin the chance to choose between the personal angels and demons. Each of them wants to pursue what they feel is their natures, but it's a question of who they're willing to work with to do that. Maybe we can throw the sheriff in as well. He hasn't shown any interest in doing any protecting or serving so far. Will Betty's death just be another story for him to try and publish, or will he ditch the con and the identity entirely?
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