Lucent Ep 04 (Patreon)

Guess who made the rumor up? Spoiler: Ophelia had a field day making it as embarrassing for Titian as possible.

All the episodes have been set up for the big mystery of the arc, but I hope it's been entertaining even though nothing crazy has happened yet. I will admit my favorite type of episodes are the ones where absolutely no action happens, but there are long conversations and character breakthroughs. I think there were a lot of conversations I could have included in NPCs and I want them to properly be had here. This time around, I got to bring back Gil's soft spot for Lucian and his particular way of looking out for him. He makes fun of Jesse for parenting Lucian, but Gil's genuinely the closest thing to a guardian figure Lucian's got even though he's not that much older. Their dynamic means a lot to me because as much as the polycule is there for Lucian, at this moment, he still can't get himself to be fully vulnerable and the only one that's really gotten to see that to a pretty large extent is Gil.

On a more personal life note, sorry this came out a little later than I had hoped, I've been dealing with some intense vertigo coming back so I've been knocked out the last few days :,) But I think it's getting a bit better and I got a physical therapist referral so hopefully they can help me with managing it since it's something I've just been tanking the last few years LOL I'm trying to be kinder with myself so I actually cut this episode off by a few panels because I wanted to get it done, but also wanted to make sure I didn't push myself any more than I already did. I'll likely try to actually cut the amount of panels in each episode down properly. I keep going 30+ like no!!!! Stop!!!! Too much right now while you're feeling like you're on a boat while sitting down!!!!