originally posted: Sep 2, 2022

Unagami and Milton Dyer are on a bridge, looking out into the water. Milton Dyer: You reprogrammed yourself? Unagami: It was a precarious job. Dying and being reborn with each passing change. Impossible to be certain of my own continuity. He stares into his reflection. The water ripples. Milton Dyer is staring too. There are ducks on the lake. There are clouds in the sky. Milton Dyer: Last month, I was hanging out on rooftops talking to birds. And all those years ago, i…. The ducks take off. Milton Dyer's hand reaches for them in the sky, but they're so far away now. Milton Dyer: So much is different now. Silence. Then, Unagami: Right now I think that… the me of today is happy. Milton Dyer: You know what? Me too. The comic uses a pixellated font. Unagami's dialog bubbles are black boxes with white outlines, similar to the ones used in games like earthbound. Milton Dyer's dialog has no bubbles at all.

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