TOP: A one-off comic page, sketchy and rendered in a mixture of soft but non-literal colours and screentones.

August rests on Shelby's lap; "I wish I could stay forever..."

Shelby smiles at him; "Mhn, well... You'll always have a place here 💙"

She continues; "And. I'd be sad to see you go... Buuut... You'll feel better once you've shown them, right?"

August smiles now too; "Yeahh.... That's true... I should go show them. But I'll be back! I promise."

ANNOTATION: I later started drawing little minicomic doodle pages to explore the one-on-one dynamics further :)