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Nobody was home and Chel’s neighborhood was quiet. Most of her neighbors were likely enjoying vacations away from home. Still, Chel made Fly and Stealth stay in her house. Much to their annoyance. While Keith looked for something to conceal Chalupa in that wouldn’t generate any questions from anyone they might walk by, Chel changed [...]
“I said I was sorry.” Chel reiterated. “It’s okay, Chalupa.” Keith spoke soothingly to the rain coat. “We’ll be home soon and I’ll give you a bowl of apple juice.” “What happened to when you’re in the field you don’t let your emotions get in the way?” Chel was annoyed at being ignored in favor [...]
Keith defended himself. “Chalupa is a member of an endangered species and was abandoned. She would have died. So my taking her does nothing negative to the chupacabra population.” “Are you going to return her to the wild when she is an adult?” Chel frowned. She had definite opinions on that. Returning an animal that [...]
“That is just not –“ Chel started. “Right?” Keith interrupted. “It wasn’t right for her to be abandoned. I am her family now and chupacabra are elder-centric. They defer to their parents. And this species is very peaceful and docile.” “She drinks blood.” Chel added.
“Only when they are starving. They’re like giant vampire bats.” Keith began explaining. “Their saliva contains a powerful local anesthetic. It’s concentrated in the roof of the mouth and delivered by retractable fangs. Whatever they feed on never knows it.” Stealth would disagree. Chel stared at the lumpy rain coat and remembered the bloody bandage [...]
Keith was getting annoyed with the conversation. “I don’t care about that! I love her.” He added after a moment of uncomfortable silence. Chel sighed. “Yeah, I know, it is pathetic.” Keith shrugged. “No. It’s not.” Chel spoke quietly and a faint pink blush spread over her fair face. “I love Lexx.” She smiled in [...]
“He drinks blood?!” Keith grimaced. “I saw the wings, but –“ “No! No! You idiot!” Chel lunged playfully at Keith. “I was joking!” Keith laughed. He nimbly danced out Chel’s way, gripping Chalupa tightly to keep from dropping her. “I didn’t see any fangs, but you never know. Some girls are hot for that type [...]
“Lexx does not drink blood.” Chel smirked. “He was alone and abandoned. I hope he isn’t mad at me for taking you home, but I needed to talk to you.” “About Lexx?” Keith guessed. Neither of them noticed as a dark blue bird followed them. It flew from one tree to the next, keeping low [...]
“Yes, I was going to tell you over that Chinese dinner.” Chel said. “I was going to tell you about Chalupa.” Keith nodded. “Well, now that that’s out of the way, please don’t be hard on Lexx, and don’t push his buttons.” Chel looked at Keith curiously. He wasn’t looking at her. “I don’t know [...]
Ok, got the site upgraded to the new Comicpress in half an hour and got most of the tweaks done. The mismatched pages will go away after I finish updating the header image. THEN I’m going to hit text and get it all done. Following that – I start inking again. Manga Studio should arrive [...]
