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ALT Page 16 : A digital comic page featuring colorful, anthropomorphic animals. Panel 1 : Mason looking pensive. Mason (thinking) : "Wasn't that my goal from the start?" Panel 2 : Kip and Mason walking hand in hand. Kip's tail is wagging. Mason's isn't. Mason (thinking) : "Is.. this really so bad?" Panel 3 : A very wide aerial view of a sinuous street leading to a downwards slope. Panel 4 : Kip and Mason walking downhill. Kip : "Um Mason, I'm sure you're wondering why we took this detour through the city" Mason (thinking) : "Detour?" Panel 5 : A close-up of Kip's face. Kip : "I thought it might be nice to stop by before I left for the month." Panel 6 : Kip and Mason are still walking down, looking around them. This part of town looks a little more run down, vegetation is growing on the buildings, and there are graffiti and cracks on the stone walls

ALT Page 17 : A digital comic page featuring colorful, anthropomorphic animals. Panel 1 : A close-up of Mason looking around, pensive. Mason : "...It is" Panel 2 : Kip running their hand along a fence. Kip : "I... I used to really hate being back here. But, recently, it feels different. Knowing this is where I met you changed what being here meant to me. It... It's like a physical representation of when my life started to turn around" Panel 3 : Kip looking down shyly. Mason is looking straight ahead. Kip : "When, um... You came into it." Panel 4 : An extreme close-up of Mason's face. Mason (thinking) : "Kip... They're being so vulnerable..." Panel 5 : Kip looking back at a restaurant topped with a big fish-shaped sign. Kip : "This is where we first ate together, remember?" Panel 6 : Kip and Mason are reaching the bottom of the slope, walking along a brick wall. Kip : "And here's where I slipped and fell and we both got covered in mud...! It really does feel like yesterday, doesn't it?"

ALT Page 18 : A digital comic page featuring colorful, anthropomorphic animals. Panel 1 : A close-up of Kip and Mason walking side by side. Kip : "I... I'm so lucky to have met you. I really have no idea who I'd be without you" Panel 2 and 3 : A single drawing of Mason split over 2 panels. They are anxiously grabbing their scarf. Mason : "As.. am I." Mason (thinking) : "They're being so sentimental... Surely... they aren't trying to...?" Panel 4 : Mason letting go of Kip's hand. Panel 5 : Kip and Mason have reached the bus stop. Mason tries walking away. Mason : "Er- we're here at the bus stop. It'd be best if I started heading back before it gets dark out. Call me when you're at the station, alright ?" Kip : "Ah!! U-um, wait, if you could just stay a few minutes! There's uhm, something I wanted to tell you!" Panel 6 : Mason starts walking. Kip reaches for them. They both push back and forth, Mason trying to leave and Kip pushing to stay. Kip blurts out, "Mason! I-"

ALT Page 19 : A digital comic page featuring colorful, anthropomorphic animals. Panel 1 : Kip confesses. They are blushing and look very tense Kip : "I- I like you!! I like you, like, crazy! More than I've felt with anybody else! Every moment I'm around you feels like my heart is going to explode!" Panel 2 : Kip looks down shyly, smiling and blushing. Kip : "I can barely think straight around you !" Panel 3 : Kip slowly starts looking back up. Kip : "Everything you do, even just being around-" Panel 4 : Kip finally looks back up at Mason. They immediately stop, shocked. Kip : "...you" Panel 5 : Mason is sweating, looking horrified. Behind them, the panel shatters like glass and reads "TOO LATE".