Panel 1: Ah, yes, the "hard choices" mentioned earlier by Brainbow; one or two of those are looming e'er closer, needless to say.

The action on this page and next is, in fact, taking place in only a few seconds, but the separate panels are probably going to look as if Emp is dawdling. I assure you that she isn't, for whatever that's worth; tough, however, to fully convey how little time is passing during this sequence.

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. However, my vast archive of years of Patreon posts—extensive Empowered previews, work-in-progress updates on developmental projects such as fantasy comics The Chaste and the Chained and The Last Party, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.

-Adam Warren