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August 26, 2026
Chapter: Chapter 5
Characters: Cur, Kira, Marie, Maya, Piper, Quinn, Warren, West
Inked by: Caytlin
Flatted by: Caytlin
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Recovering from EFNW! Ari and I are currently working on getting the script for the next section fully tightened up. Sit tight!
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Thanks for your patience! Caytlin had to deal with some health issues and then a family emergency, so it took a little longer than we wanted to get this done.
Caytlin: Man, I have been waiting for TEN YEARS to get to this reveal. Ari and I have been vibrating with excitement to get these pages out. I'm so stoked! I hope you guys enjoy it too!
Ari: I remember when I first joined the Tamberlane team back in 2020 and got a chance to learn what plans Caytlin had in mind for later chapters, and the idea that there were strong sci-fi elements simmering underneath the fantastical veneer of the story was something I was SO excited to finally reveal in the comic. I'm so excited to finally be here! Also, poor Kira. She's been through a lot.
OFF-SCREEN: What'd you see?!
KIRA: ...the brightest light in the world.
KIRA: So bright I could barely see nuffin'.
STRANGE CREATURE #1: STAND DOWN!
STRANGE CREATURE #1: WHERE'S THE KIT?!
PAPA: She's DEAD, asshole!
PAPA: She DROWNED!
STRANGE CREATURE #2: Witnesses neutralized for processing sir.
KIRA: But I did see creatures, I think. In weird shiny clothes, like armor or somethin'.
KIRA: I dunno what it was. They had lines all over 'em, but they was lit up like a lamp. Never saw nothin' like it.
PIPER: What... What happened then?
KIRA: You already know what happened then.
KIRA: Everyone knows.
KIRA: Anyway.
KIRA: I ran and ran and ran into the trees and I never looked back no more.
PIPER: So that's how you came to Treehollow!
KIRA: After a long time.
KIRA: But I lived in the woods, first.
KIRA: Til I knew they weren't gonna find me too.
KIRA: When I did finally wind up in Treehollow, they wanted to know where I was from. But I didn't want to say.
KIRA: My first foster mum, Miss West... I trusted her with my secret.
KIRA: Just a bit of it.
KIRA: I told her in secret that my mum and dad got kilt runnin' away from Abroad.
KIRA: And she told everyone.
KIRA: So I never told nobody anything else about it, cuz if they knew, if any of them knew I was there, they'd send me back.
KIRA: I en't never goin' back there.
KIRA: **And neither are you.**
PIPER: W-wait! Does...
PIPER: Does this mean you're... **Tainted?**
KIRA: If I'm Tainted, then I guess you all are too.
CUR: You coulda told me.
KIRA: Well.
KIRA: 'Slike you said.
KIRA: We en't family.
KIRA: And if either of you tell anybody about this, I'll rip your throat out.
[SFX: rata rata]
[SFX: thmp thmp]
[SFX: rata rata]
HORS CHAMP : Qu'est-ce que tu as vu ?!
KIRA : ...la lumière la plus brillante du monde.
KIRA : Tellement brillante que j'voyais presque rien.
CRÉATURE ÉTRANGE N° 1 : ARRÊTEZ !
CRÉATURE ÉTRANGE N° 1 : OÙ EST LE PETIT ?!
PAPA : Elle est MORTE, trouduc !
PAPA : Elle s'est NOYÉE !
CRÉATURE ÉTRANGE N° 2 : Témoins neutralisés pour traitement, monsieur.
KIRA : Mais j'ai vu des créatures, je crois. Vêtues de vêtements étranges et brillants, comme des armures ou quelque chose comme ça.
KIRA : Je ne sais pas ce que c'était. Elles étaient couvertes de lignes, mais elles brillaient comme une lampe. J'ai jamais rien vu de pareil.
PIPER : Que... Que s'est-il passé ensuite ?
KIRA : Tu sais déjà ce qui s'est passé ensuite.
KIRA : Tout le monde sait.
KIRA : Bref.
KIRA : J'ai couru, couru, couru dans les arbres et je n'ai plus jamais regardé en arrière.
PIPER : Alors c'est comme ça que tu es arrivée à Treehollow !
KIRA : Après un long moment.
KIRA : Mais j'ai d'abord vécu dans les bois.
KIRA : Jusqu'à ce que je sois sûre qu'ils ne me retrouveraient pas non plus.
KIRA : Quand j'ai finalement atterri à Treehollow, ils ont voulu savoir d'où je venais. Mais je n'ai rien voulu dire.
KIRA : Ma première mère d'accueil, Miss West… Je lui ai confié mon secret.
KIRA : Juste un petit peu.
KIRA : Je lui ai dit en secret que mes parents s'étaient fait tuer en fuyant Ailleurs.
KIRA : Et elle l'a dit à tout le monde.
KIRA : Alors je n'en ai plus jamais parlé à personne, passke que s'ils savaient, si l'un d'eux savait que j'étais là, ils me renverraient.
KIRA : J'y r'tourn'rai jamais.
KIRA : **Et toi non plus.**
PIPER : A-attends ! Est-ce que…
PIPER : Est-ce que ça veut dire que tu… **Souillée ?**
KIRA : Si je suis Souillée, alors je suppose que vous l'êtes tous aussi.
CABOT : T'aurais pu me l'dire.
KIRA : Eh ben.
KIRA : Comme t'as dit.
KIRA : On est une famille.
KIRA : Et si l'un de vous deux en parle à qui que ce soit, je vous arrache la gorge.
[Bruitage : rata rata]
[Bruitage : thmp thmp]
[Bruitage : rata rata]
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