Oops, can I say that??
We return to the scene where Mark has suddenly, and in a positive way, sucked all the air out of the room…
“Mark Trail’d him?”” Could it be that Cricket Bro is Jealous of Mark? Of course, it all makes sense now, at least to the insecure mind, the one that only sees the world through a “Win-Lose” / “Zero-sum-game” lens… Why all these “lens” references, Dennis? Who knows…
I do think that Mark is in denial, though. His feelings do run deep. Although this is in keeping with the “old” Mark- The Mark where feelings ran as deed as a wading pool…
Good thing that Mark rebelled against his early (broad frickin’ daylight) imposed bed time…
The Daily Trail 
Jules is certainly adding depth to the characters. We see motivations and conflicts previous artists ignored. The legacy stories were about catching evildoers and most recently bizarre adventures (clowns, Dirty Dyer and Yeti). Now we are examining feelings. I can’t wait for Cherry to see the next umbrella drink pool boy or bare-chested greeter with a conch horn.