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Question from ILikeBiltong on Tapas: What animals do they look like and what would they be as one? There is a Kitten AU (next to a picture of orange cat Ferris and grey tabby Szelek play fighting over a blue Midnas mouse) Szelek = Tiger, Ferris = Cockatiel, Midnas = Crocodile. Each is accompanied by my best attempt to sketch the animals.

A similar question from Voltergeist on ComicFury: What are their favorite animals? Szelek's favorite is Fel (with a picture of Szelek's long haired black cat Fel mid-blep with his tail wrapped around him. Ferris likes this weird guy (with a picture of Ferris holding his hand at camera with a frilled lizard licking his eyeball). Midnas respects the intelligence of corvids (with a picture of a crow).

Question from h2uhoh1 on Tapas: What really pisses them off? Being judged for his body count (picture of Ferris looking at a conversation with arms crossed in anger. The convo reads, "He'll fuck anyone!" "Of course, he's part nymph." Nymph or goblin?" "He LOOOOOOOVES gobblin' cock, that's for sure!" "HAHAHAHAHA!!")
Being manipulated and betrayed (image of Szelek angrily clenching his teeth and balling fists to fight against red puppet strings on his wrists and elbows). Playing along with people in power (the image shows Midnas smiling blandly with a little vein of annoyance, with a smaller image of his face, red-eyes and seething with rage).

Question from A...W... On Tapas: Is Szelek's approach with Ferris typical of his usual courting style? Text Reads Nope! Szelek's been going through it and out of the dating pool for various reasons for some time. That's not to say he doesn't hook up, but it's more of a one-time transaction. So Ferris catching his interest is a bit of a new thing for Szelek. There are also two images: one of Szelek reading intently with a lovely bunny-eared lady in a fancy dress, tail wiggling near Szelek's head. It says "Usually oblivious to hotties at work..." And then on the second image it continues, "...and not interested in partners after play." Szelek, shirtless, holds a flog with barbed tips next to a shivering kneeling orc that's blindfolded and leashed.

Question from Azzyfree on ComicFury: Ffor Szelek and Ferris, what did they want to be before they ended up where they are now? Text for Ferris reads, "A 'friend' planted the seed of being famous touring musicians together and maybe getting famous enough to get fought over by various Fuelenedari lords." Image shows a happy Ferris singing a duet while the friend plays the lute with a flower thrown at them. The friend's face is scribbled out in red. In the image, Ferris only has a single ring on a certain finger. Text for Szelek reads, "Once upon a time Szelek was destined for some greater purpose, and what he desired most was to be of service. But while he was dedicated to that role, those he served did not reserve the same loyalty for him." Image is a silhouette of Szelek with a glow of purple magic and the giant centipede rising behind him to consume the full moon and star from his tattoo.

Follow up page text: Thanks you to everyone who asked a question or requested a prompt! I had a lot of fun answering these and drawing the doodles to go with them!

You bought Me just enough time that I think I'll be able to post the cover for Chapter 4 NEXT WEEK!

After that, normal comic updates should resume on Oct 28th. I'm still coloring everything but I think that should be enough time to get it all done.

Thank you for your patience! You can Have a lil treat....

The treat is an OC Questions doodle of the prompt "Your original character is having a self-care/treat-yourself day! What are they doing?" Image shows Szelek floating with a relaxed sigh in a hot spring with Ferris and Midnas fucking in a corner on the other side of the spring.