Despite the dilemma that Sky is in, I wanted to have some fun with this scene so I threw in some lightly comedic beats. In the previous page, I liked having Sky freeze, mid-lunge, while Jayd stands calmly and unfazed right in front of her. And on this page I wanted Sky’s running pose to be a bit comedic. For me, it just makes the scene a little more fun.
At the time I was penciling these pages, I was also making revisions to the alien planet in the previous chapter’s pages. With the bottom panel here, I deliberately drew it to be a clear guide for all the final plant designs. I wanted a single image I could use myself as reference and I could also provide to my colorists as a color guide.
I previously showed the panel as a sneak peek in a Patreon post that covered the redesign of the planet flora, which you can see here.
Poor Sky. The trouble for good guys is that, no matter how powerful you are, bad guys can always get an advantage over you by taking hostages.
Wonderful! A good break from the string of serious scenes.