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By Jack Joseph Smith
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
Animal speaks with Lithe as he runs beside the caboose cart, turning the girls' speed and island fantasies into a flirtatious invitation to be carried into another life.
The page keeps the physical comedy of Animal running beside the motorcade, but the dialogue lifts it into fantasy: side cars, princesses, cliffs, mists, and wish dreams. Lithe's reply grounds the scene by questioning what can really be seen and where they are actually going, while Animal's wish to travel through the night shows desire converting motion into imagined escape.
Animal jumps into the caboose cart of the motorcade, claiming he is traveling backwards toward the mists of Maui. The page is where the Lithetes flirtation begins — a sensation in his stomach that recognition and foolishness have found a happy medium.