I get Rivera liking the dramatic effect of strong light pouring into a dark room from the efforts of somebody throwing open a door (as she drew in Mark’s prior adventure introducing us to Connor the cranky loser). However, that is not enough to give weight to this light story.

Are gardening gloves going to prevent anybody from getting bit by a bat!? No! I do wish Rivera would take her stories just a bit more seriously and not have everybody running around like ten-year-olds in adult bodies. Does even a swaggering buffoon like Honest Ernest think he can show up at a location to permanently remove bats from a building using no equipment, whatsoever? He’s got to have something in his van for this, and that might account for his boorish response in panel 3.

Anyway, I just don’t see the connection between Cherry’s icy retort in panel 4 and Rivera’s comment box. To me, at least, Cherry is just pissed off at being patronized by Ernest.