Panel 1
- Let me help you on your feet.
Hopp!
- Youh, you are dead!
Panel 2
- Hmmh, you always were the
smarter one of the two of us.
Panel 3
- There. I think you can sit there
comfortably enough.
- I struck my head and am
now hallucinating.
- Theories fly out like from the
barrell of a gun... lean your back
to the wall.
Panel 4
- ....Simo?
- Still here.
Panel 1
- ..but..what..ouch.
- Well now...
Panel 2
- You were going to jump.
And it's sort of my fault.
In a way.
Panel 3
So I.. puff.. I had to come back
to have a little chat with you.
Panel 4
But wow how good it is to taste
tobacco again.
"Little Author"
- Back hurts.
- Neck hurts.
- Exhausted.
10h mark.
Panel 1
- Why did you have to die.
- I died when I died,
no big mystery there.
Panel 2
- You WANTED to die!
- Hmmm?
- Leena said you wanted to!
Panel 3
- Hmmm..
Panel 4
Well sort of, but not quite.
I was tired and unhappy, death
was the best thing to come my
way in a long time.
Panel 1
<>- I missed Maria and Lassi you know, enough grief to die of...- Lassi?
- Hmmh?
Panel 2
<>- well.. I always thought, if it's a boy we'd have named him Lassi.- Never found out, of course, but...
Panel 3
- ... well, anyway, If I had had the choice.
Had a chance to make a conscious choice..
... I'd never have chosen to die, never.
- Why, why not!
Panel 4
- Because I always believed that choosing
life is the right thing to do.
And believe me, IT IS the right thing!
"Little Author"
- Devil take all the hands!
Panel 1
- That cut on your head bleeds quite nastily.
Let me clean you up a bit.
- I mixxxxxxxxx
Panel 2
- Hmmm?
- I said I miss them too. And you.
All the time, it rips me apart.
Panel 3
- Easy to believe. You were like a family
member. Even more.
- But say...
Panel 4
- Ouch
- I never bothered to ask...
- mmm. hold that over there.
- You and Maria...
Panel 1
- ... there. That should hold it for a while.
- ..yeah, you and Maria..
Did you cheat on me?
- What?!
Panel 2
- Did you cheat on me? Sleep together?
Did you fuck? A simple enough question.
- Ain't it.
Panel 3
... yeah.
Panel 4
... yes.. we did cheat on you.
Panel 2
- Yeah. I know.
She loved you like she loved me.
Maybe even more.
- Bu.. but.. why?
Panel 3
- I thought It'd do good for you
to get it off your chest. Knowing
you, it must have been a burden.
- Aren't.. aren't you..
Panel 4
Angry? Nahh.
Dying gives you a whole new
perspective to these things.
Panel 1
<>- But had I found out while I was alive, I'd have punched your teeth in.
Panel 2
- Umm.. yeah..
Panel 3
<>- Hahahaha. Don't get jumpy of me. I'd have forgiven you even whenI was alive.
Panel 4
- Or are you afraid of ghosts?
BOOOO! I'm a ghost!
"Little Author"
zzzzzzzzzzz
....ink...
Panel 1
- Hahahahaahaa.. but seriously,
we should get you back down.
you see, you have a.. HahaaHAHaa...
sorry...
Panel 2
<>- whew. yes, you have a bad concussion, a slight fracture on your skull, and thatwound of yours.
Panel 3
- So no laughing matter at all actually.
Can you manage to get up?
- Ummmphhh! Not a problem.
Panel 4
- Just like that, steady.
HAHAHAHAAAHHAA
... remember when we last walked like this
Panel 1
<>- We had been drinking that Donner's moonshine and we were trying to...- Oh yeah... heheheehhee
Panel 2
- Oops, the stairs!
HAHAHAAHAA
- Careful now...
Panel 3
- Ouch, ouch, uugghh
HAHAHAAHAAHAAouch
oi oi HAHAHAA
Panel 4
<>- HAHAHA.. uuhh.. oh.. I think I broke my leg you know.- Try to get by buddy, and live a good life...
- Huh? What?
"Little Author"
Rather hang here than continue drawing...
Panel 1
- I asked: "Ismo, what's so funny?"
- I have a skull fracture and a broken leg.
Panel 2
- A reason to be cheerful all right.
Hey, stay put will you!
- Where'd Simo go to?
- Into the grave , a while back.
Panel 3
- No, his ghost I mean, he was right here.
- Uh huh.
Panel 4
Wait right there. I'll get you transportation.
- Okay.
- One thing just started to puzzle me though.
Panel 1
<>Yep, Simo saved me allright, and I don't think I'll try to kill myself again.
Panel 2
But something in the way he said: "Angry, nahh!"
Panel 3
Hmmm..
Panel 4
Call it even?
OK?
