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two panels depicting a coffin in a room with purple walls. on the first panel a dark silhouette is standing in front of the open coffin, where you can barely see a blonde person's head among lilac flowers. on the closed half of the lid there's a plate with strips of meat. on the second panel a hand in a black suit sleeve is reaching into the coffin. we can see the person's head more closely but it's still mostly hidden by the flowers.ALT
two panels. on the first one a hand is reaching from the coffin and grabbing the arm of the person from the previous panel. on the second one the person in the coffin is sitting upright: it's Ianthe. she's grabbing Palamedes' arm, who is bent over the coffin. in his other hand he's holding a broken mask, its many pieces glued back together. Ianthe is looking angrily at Pal and saying "you're fucked, my lad"ALT

So that new short story, huh? (I know Ianthe’s face is supposed to be covered in “bloody kisses”, but they didn’t look right to me. but I did put them under the cut)

a close-up on the first two panels, only Ianthe's face is covered in red lipstick marks.ALT
a close-up of Ianthe's face from the last panel, but her face is covered in red lipstick marks ALT