C’mon Mark, don’t disappoint us!!  Since when do you let a closed (or even locked) door get between you and your natural curiosity?  Marlin said he had a “chore to do…”  I hope his work hasn’t become a “chore…”  that would be sad.

The look of anticipation on Mark’s face in the second panel is priceless…  Like a little boy about to see his first circus…  Very shrewd of you Mark- if he’s not in there, well, he must be someplace else…  no quantum theory in play on Pelican Point!

…but the owl knows better.  They always do…