All the random crap is fully out of the way. I cannot think of a single thing that Jenny now needs to tell Tom to clear the air.

You know everything about his life, the only thing left is his father’s whereabouts. That’s something even Jenny doesn’t know, so she can’t begin to speak about it…I’m not sure if I even know (not to lead you along). He may have simply run off…Personally I don’t see it unresolved as it is. Not everything in life is tied up in a nice little knot…and really, what would Tom do if he saw him? Beat his ass? Cry? Tell him off and then walk away from him as he had done all those years ago?

Probably the ‘Beat his ass’ option, to be honest. And that wouldn’t really provide anything but closure, which is nice. We’ll see if I have time for that in Book Three or something…as it is Book Two is loaded down with exposition.

If I feel the need to have the bastard show up, it’ll be a while. It’s not like he’s all that important to the story. And no. Tom’s father isn’t Paoken. Tom isn’t the @#$%ing messiah, though I considered it, heh.

We’ll see a bit of Terrence’s life soon, just a little peak. Enough for you to understand the guy a little better and hopefully you’ll like his father, he turned out more interesting than I had planned, so I’m happy with him…I now intend to have him appear again sometime…we’ll see.

I also feel like I should take a second to tell you all about the little picture of a bear in the background of panel one. It’s appeared once before at the beginning of the comic and is actually kind of special to me, no I didn’t draw it, my late Grandfather did. I owe a lot to the people in my life, but my Grandfather was one of my earliest artistic influences. He always drew these amazing landscapes and pictures of animals, he never had a year of formal education on the subject either. Everything he did was eye-to-paper and he was damned good at it.

He always encouraged me to draw (well…paint…his favorite medium) and was one hell of a handyman on top of it. I don’t know where I would be without him, he always did what he could for my family and he was a great man. I don’t know why I’m suddenly so nostalgic, but having the little bear appear is always nice for me…so if you’ve read my rambling, I appreciate it, if not…well, you still read the comic, so either way I’m in a good mood.

I’ve always tried to stick the little bear into the comic when the occasion called for it. Sadly the agents are rarely at Tom’s house, but now that Jenny is in the loop expect her home to become almost as regular a hangout as the hold. So little bear will be back, as often as I can pull him out, heh.

This chapter wraps up on Monday, then we’ll have a bit of filler (whilst I recoup my buffer loss) but more on that when the time comes.

-Peace