Well, hypocrisy lives on in Lost Forest, and Cherry’s patronizing scold flies out of her mouth in panel 2. Apparently, only Mark has the proper moral authority and power to lay fist-to-face against any troublemaker in Lost Forest. That is, Mark’s and Cherry’s disapproving rebuke in panel 1 is ironic, given Mark’s penchant for getting into fights at the drop of a hat. As if Mark has never been arrested, either.

Cherry seems to treat Olive as a child. Clearly, Cherry’s opinion of her sisters is somewhat low: Danger! Danger! The woods are dangerous! And a short while ago, Cherry feared that Peach might have a problem locating the trash bin at the foot of the stairs. Seems to me that Olive handled herself quite well and put the Grungy Boys in their place. Is Mark jealous?

So, exactly how will Mark sort out any troublemakers? Five will get you ten that it involves some amount of physical argumentation. I don’t get this entire sequence. Since Olive was defending herself and Rusty, why should she fear getting arrested? Why are Mark and Cherry so uptight? Help me out here, people!