The cuff was my solution to the very real problem I had with the Jayd/Sky pairing. Why wouldn’t Sky just fly away? Or why wouldn’t she turn shiny and trounce Jayd? And how would Jayd drag Sky around against her will? The cuff seemed like an elegant way to deal with all three issues at once.
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Are you saying it was an off-the-cuff idea?
Ha ha. Nice!
The way Jayd shows off her bracelet gizmo insistently when talking about remote ship up-blowing makes me suspect this is a red herring. Like if Sky manages to get the drop on her and cleanly knock her out, she could be tempted to take that gizmo with her so as to thwart Jayd’s contingencies… but it’s not the real device.
I did consider the possibility of Sky trying to strongarm the device away, which is why Jayd, on the previous page, mentions that tampering with it will also cause it to go off. But maybe she’s bluffing. Time will tell!
I know this is a serious situation, but there is something funny about that second and last panel.
Maybe I have a warped sense of humor.
Not at all! And I’m happy to hear you say that. I actually mention something about that in the next page’s commentary!