Here we see a bit of how spending 7 years as the “CUSH Queen” has changed Eithne. She’s used to giving orders, not taking them.

Also, confession time: That last panel was mostly generated via GrokAI/Imagine. If I had not resorted to this, this page would be a day late. I don’t intend to use Imagine for anything beyond scenes like this. Certainly not depicting the characters.

Using AI for art, beyond time-saving, is still a bit frustrating. It took several attempts to get a look anywhere close to satisfactory and I had to massage the image a fair bit using Clip Studio Paint’s filtering tools.
I hope readers don’t mind.