Could it be that Bocce has had a bad run-in with the Kaagan-Vas? Maybe. Well, actually, yeah, that seems pretty obvious from Roka and Ril’s conversation. On the plus side, you WILL see the incident they’re referring to later in this very story arc. It has something to do with him losing a game of backgammon to them. Man, is that one intense high-stakes game of backgammon.
FYI, it’s not really backgammon. Although that would be funny. No, the real story is a tiny bit less funny, and by “tiny bit,” I mean “not funny at all.”
That is quite all right, if by “the real story” you mean “the real story”.
[Yeah, maybe in the way you mean that when “Sky got her nose bent out of shape”, she really looks like she got her nose bent out of shape. What is up with that? I can’t put my finger on it, but it looks goofy … Oh, well.]
Good job on the diversion part btw! I forgot about the obvious risk to jump out of the frying pan into the fire here. It may have been the sole figure sneaking around so long. Either that, or its because its Monday and the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet. Anyway, a surprise is always a welcome element in a story.
[I’ll have to go with the coffee:] The two “its” are obviously “it’s”.
LOL. I wait in anticipation.
More Cattle Rustlers?
No marks on them, and looks like light weaponry. Some sort of Stun prod/walking sticks?
At least this group doesn’t shoot before talking…
The expression on Sky’s face is priceless 😀
Whoever they are, they’re Native.
The real owners of the Herd I bet, they look and are dressed like the dead Goat in the first few pages.