If Jules Rivera wants to give Mark Southern manners, she should be consistent! On Monday it’s “Miss Venus”; on Tuesday it’s just “Venus”; and today it’s “Miss Verité. The first example is the most traditional, though it wasn’t used all that much in the corner of Virginia where I grew up. I was brought up to respond to all adults (even relatives) as “Sir”, “Ma’am”, “Mister lastname“, Mrs. lastname,” “Uncle firstname”, or “Aunt firstname”, but never just first names! It’s a habit I still automatically follow, much to the amusement of my wife and friends where I live now, since that didn’t seem to be the tradition here.

Getting back to Mark, we see that it’s time for another post-assignment “Nature Walk”, where I think the proper translation is “Let nature take its course.” Living in a cabin probably doesn’t provide enough privacy, hence the backpack walks. But where is Cherry coming from in panel 1? Is there a hitherto undisclosed separate cabin where Mark writes up his reports? Or did Cherry just get back from another “Nature Walk”?