When you design an adventure strip around “the absurd”, the whacky, and the just plain strange, it becomes harder to deliver an acceptably dramatic, potentially dangerous scenario.

But somebody has been misled:  Rex stated that his ordeal was to prove his devotion specifically to Tess, whereas Tess just declared that Rex is actually pledging himself to the Tiger Touch Center. I think there is a crucial communication problem that Rex needs to resolve. Mark seems to be at a loss for what to do. How un-Mark Trail. Just as well.

I am impressed with Rivera’s drawing of the ground-level, foreshortened tiger approaching Rex. Well done, Rivera!