Okay, we have more clarification. This Vera character is some kind of go-between or minder for Simon Stump to keep him out of trouble, one assumes. Or does she mean “handler” as in Fixer? So who would Vera report to?  It would have to be Cricket Bro. If Stump is also part of Cricket Bro’s company, what is his role? Perhaps this current assignment is not over at all, but has entered a second phase. Then well done, Rivera, for the misdirection!

Exactly where is this coffee shop in New York? With all of the flora in the area, it doesn’t seem to match the real location of the shop in lower Manhattan.

Art Dept. That bear in Mark’s mental flashback (panel 3) looks a lot more menacing and naturalistic than the cartoony bear that actually appeared two years ago in the story that introduced Sid Stump (“Bear Necessities”). Evidently, Rivera has access to better reference images these days.