Scylla Page 13

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Scylla Page 13: A comic page set in interior of the home of Ventrik during a flashback. Ventrik sits on a couch near a window as a Metascience emergency vehicle with flashing lights is visible on the street outside. Ventrik's wife, a finely dressed, gray-haired woman in a pink coat speaks to him, warning that his work may get him killed and that the city has become a war zone.

In close-up, Ventrik responds that the arcolgies are becoming organized and that there is real potential in the emerging structure of the levels. Ventrik's wife cautions that some answers are not worth the trouble.

In the final panels, she prepares to leave rolling a suitcase toward the door as she explains that the last expedition to the Rim leaves soon and that safety can only be guaranteed to a certain point. The page ends with her exiting, suggesting finality.
 

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Chapter 03: Scylla – Page 13
Posted on February 16, 2026 by ALFA

This week's page returns again to memory, placing Ventrik in conversation with someone who sees the city very differently. While he speaks of structure, potential, and organization within the levels, his wife frames the same landscape as a war zone. The page balances conviction with caution, ending not with resolution, but departure.

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