The look on their faces in panel two is funny- along with their gestures- as in, “What the Hell, man, we were just introducing ourselves…  So chill out, General Franco, you’re not the boss of me…”  Well, maybe he is the boss of Carina, but he certainly can’t take that tone with Mark.  And what’s he pulling out of the bag?  a picture frame??

The look in the last panel- what are we going for here?  Mischievous?  Certainly not evil, since ‘Gabe’ has already been vouched for… But in the Old Trail, we would recognize all the markers of a bad guy- least of which is not the facial hair.  Recall that Mark has none- at least I can’t remember him ever sporting any stubble, not even when kidnapped and dragged out into the wilderness against his will…

After a stunning weekend in the Dairy State and an extra day added to the weekend, I am doing my morning routine at night, which will make this already shortened work week seem even more disjointed…  and the dialogue today doesn’t help that feeling of disorientation…   I don’t know that the objective of research is to go to a specific place, one that is farthest from the city, but rather the place is found that will support the research…  whatever.

Let’s get a move on here, guys… enough with the set-up already…