I will note that Peter dropping the <> of the Central is intentionally. He’s talking in Malsan after this first panel, Arron is talking in <Central> the whole time.
The governmental structure of Malsa is just one of those things that I haven’t gotten much chance to dive into, but I expect that most people could guess that who’s in power behind the Consul. The Consul still only really holds power because the majority of the Families support her. The Rogue Families are something we haven’t seen much of, but I doubt we’ve seen the last of them.
Sorry for the delay. Just a bit of unfortunate personal drama where a long time friend of mine who has slowly been in the process of becoming… not a long time friend… sped that process up greatly by managing to be belligerently drunk and violent by noon on Monday and going down hill from there, and the fall out from that will be something that’s going to take some solving for awhile. All around a pretty unpleasant business. Anyway… as they say the show must go on.
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I would think that admitting guilt in the kidnapping of a head of state would eventually land you in trouble. Unless you’re Peter, of course. Hmm. But that would mean there’s a decent chance that admitting guilt in the local language is actually part of one of his plots.
But even if it’s not a plot, excellent zinger!
Because Naomi’s power involves altering herself, whereas Kally’s involves altering externals, I think Peter might have less concern about Naomi’s durability. However, I do think Miko and Kally are at the top of his very short list of people he wishes to protect. I think Naomi is on the list as well, we just don’t want to see him have to choose because we know who he’ll pick.
Although in the last two panels… “You can’t protect [the Consul]…” “… I plan to have my cake and eat it too.” Did Peter just call the Consul his cake? That sly dog…
(As much as I enjoy seeing the two of them banter, I recognize that is an incorrect interpretation of Peter’s comment.)
Peter’s interest in this just became more confusing. Does he care if one country invades another? Does he care who has power on some non-Central planet? If the IDS was just looking for a place to expand because they were running out of resources, does he care if the relocation happens with PACT, Resh, Orin, or Malsa? Does he care if Biana and Aaron fight? Right now, it looks like he doesn’t care if the IDS gets a black eye, even though it might hamper all relocation efforts politically, present or future, on Palindra. What issue is he tackling that’s bigger than preserving Malsa’s sovereignty, bigger than the IDS’s internal power struggles, and bigger than Central’s relocation efforts?
Maybe it involves Kor’s World (Control sounds like an AI that might have enslaved a population of humans or something.) After all, relocating doesn’t matter if you’re being chased. Sophie and Atter seem to land in the middle of the
Biana’s IDS power conflict
Central’s relocation conflict
Demons vs. Summers conflict
Red constructs vs. Kor’s World conflict
Central becoming Kor’s World 2.0 against Palindra conflict
Biana’s contractors vs. Avon (a.k.a. Peter and Miko’s computer parts closet) conflict
Peter vs. housing conflict
Maybe Peter just really wants his houses to stop blowing up so he’s trying to fix the IDS and Kor’s World problems and he doesn’t really care where he winds up living, so long as it doesn’t blow up.
Panel 4: are *surprisingly* low
Panel 4: to do with *it*… Mium
Sorry to hear about your old friend. I hope (s)he gets the help they need to turn things around. Even if they exit your life, I hope they get theirs together.
Peter believes that Kor’s world is fearful of and / or fleeing something, and Peter is concerned that this ‘something’ will take note of Central.
Peter is also concerned for the well being off his home planet’s inhabitants. He is aware that the living situation there is approaching critical, and that bridgepoint data is missing. The bridgepoint data is necessary to open a semi stable dimensional portal, providing a low cost method of moving large amounts of goods (and people!) over time, as opposed to the short lived gates normally used.
Kor’s World is actively removing this data from some locations, preventing Peter from recovering it. Apparently in at least one instance the family mage capable of teleporting tampered with that data.
Forgot Peter tends to not really dress up. So here he is, dressed up, being somewhat forthcoming with information, and is “a tad annoyed”.
….dis gon be good. =D
Anyone got a nuclear bomb shelter?
You forgot the <> around <nuclear> 😀
Mium can literally turn any substance into powder. I don’t think a nuclear bomb shelter is going to be strong enough. …Maybe Kor’s World is taking refugees?
Considering relations with Kor’s World and anybody else, I doubt they’re inviting, accepting refugees, or even good for a vacation….
Of all the locations I could think of, Kor’s World is the only one that supposedly is currently M.Y.M.-free. Currently. Supposedly. Sure, getting there is probably impossible. And that’s kinda the point.
Can you think of another place where someone could escape Peter?
It is always interesting when Peter talks. While he keeps his cards close to his chest as always, this does explain what Biana and Sophie were hoping to accomplish with Atter.
Peter also seems to really dislike Kally and Miko taking risks or being in danger. It contrasts to his seeming ambivalence to Naomi being in danger in particular. Either he does not view Naomi as the same tier of friend/asset or is just more confident nothing can actually hurt her. I suspect the former.
I also notice he did not mention Kor’s World, though he probably knows they are there.
I also wonder where Nathan is now. He has probably had time to make it some ways from the crash site.
Nathan is currently falling from the sky…
in the exact best position for him to get a birds eye view on all that is transpiring against him.
I love cake.
I want some cake too.
Of course Peter hasn’t mentioned Kor’s World. Arron is also a soldier, and he’s with soldiers. Peter’s confident that the resources are in place to deal with Atter and Kor’s World as well as can be managed, but Arron would at least be taking valuable time thinking about priorities if not shifting them if he knew. Peter wants to do something with Arron, wants him near the Consul, not Atter, and he doesn’t want to expound at greater length than necessary to do that.
I think the difference is, he’s friends with Kally first, family with Miko first, and employer with Naomi first. Not that he pays Naomi money; she’s from a sufficiently affluent family she doesn’t need it. She might even be giving *him* money. Noble hirelings tend to do that in certain universes. But he pays her in information about what she can do to save the world. I think she’s also made it pretty clear that she expects that of him. If he tried to keep her safe like he tries to keep Miko safe, she’d walk (well, more likely, run), and she knows he knows it.
I think there’s also a certain amount of not really being certain she has limits, apart from those she’s arbitrarily accepted for herself.
I think with respect to Naomi, it’s that Peter is well aware keeping her out of danger would be a full time job, even for him. So he just doesn’t let it bother him.
Kally is *rarely* in actual danger, since she is so powerful.
And Peter is a tad bit overprotective of Miko… who is the hardest to kill of all of them as long as she has that chip in her head.
To be fair, Naomi did also kick the crap out of Atter’s minion with their own limbs…..and also was just fighting a Kor’s World soldier, completely alone. And towards the end there it almost kinda sounded like he was getting worried.
I think if she were any more capable, she could have a shot at dealing with Atter…
Grammar stuff:
Panel 2: *inherit
Panel 6: “good witness, yes?” [comma] and “I told *you you* couldn’t have” [for once, you want two “you”s!]
Also, the third bubble in Panel 6 seems to be a bit awkwardly phrased. I would think a semicolon or two sentences rather than an “and”, since the two thoughts seem to me to be connected.
Fixed (I think), thanks!
Hmm. I don’t remember being drunk Monday… ^^
I bet I can guess who it was though >.> Sorry to hear let me know if you need to talk!
But yes, the show must go on! We cannot leave off with Ila asleep!!
MayW… now that is a name I have not seen in a long time. Might be weird from a stranger, but I am glad to see you still read the comic. You were one of the earliest commenters I can remember.
Of course I still read the comic. I just got banned from commenting by pastutopia after posting spoilers………. -.-
but this was safe cause it’s not about plots!
…I mean, you can still comment. As long as it’s not spoilers. And pretty much everything about Nathan and Tom is spoilers.
You have spoilers!?!?
OOh! Please send me them to notreally@justkidding.com
i’d say it’s just that pastutopia has a very broad idea of spoilers.
Tom and Nathan were the main characters of a different/earlier story and i really like them so I tend to get too excited when they show up -.-
Not as excited as when Ila shows up though, because Ila is awesome AND cute. ^^
At one point MayW was referenced as “also traveling”, and therefore updates would be more or less automated, no human intervention.
While I’m not going to speculate on the relationship between Past and MayW (publicly anyway) it would appear evident that they know each other, and that there is a trust relationship there.
Sorry to hear the issue with the long time friend, and good luck to you in your damage control.