Victim's Penance
Dante continues walking, and turns the corner to see Graham.. Graham: Ah! Dante! Graham quickly covers a bruise on his neck. Graham: How are you? Dante, angrily: Your neck! Graham: What? Dante: Why is it red?! Graham: It’s nothing. Dante[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dante: Graham. I know he did that. [Graham looks down] Graham: No. I ran into something, that’s all. Dante, aggressively gesturing to his own neck: It’s on your neck! Graham, sheepishly: It might seem like a surprise but…I can be clumsy sometimes! [Dante looks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Graham, slightly frowning: I…I’m not covering for him Graham: He does not know what he’s doing. Dante, leaning forward: He does! Dante: After all he’s done – Graham, interrupting: There’s more to it, Dante. Graham: You can’t fault him for how he turned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[A set of feet approach a rosary on the ground] Dante: Ah, there you are. [Dante’s hand reaches down to grab it, pulling it up.] [A heavy air surrounds Dante as he stares at the rosary in his hand, looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Preston has a flashback to the initial first months, Dante is reading him a passage from Proverbs within the Bible. Preston’s memory finally distinguishes Dante’s speech] Dante: ….A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel person brings ruin on himself.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Panels of Preston’s eye, looking off to the side as it slowly closes.] [He has fallen asleep in the middle of the flashback.]
[Dante solemnly walks back] [He slowly opens the door to Preston’s room.] Dante: Sorry about that, Prest- [Dante notices something.] Dante: -on? [Preston has rolled onto his stomach and is fast asleep on the bed.] [Dante looks upon this with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sequence of Dante getting ready to go to bed, changing into his blue plaid pajamas, praying, and getting into bed. The panel fades into a dream.
[A statue of Mary is being carried through the alleyway as Preston looks on from the balcony. Dante looks outward towards the festival procession, before looking back to Preston with a smile on his face.] [Preston sees this and smiles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…