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Script: Daphne • Art: Sturkwurk

Back in 453, Erin looks at Miriam thoughtfully before inviting her to the theatre, saying to herself, "I hope I'm right."

I don't think we've any reason to believe that redhead Melody from back in the eighties was Erin's mother, other than that our first proper sight of her came in a splash page, and her hair is very red. But if she wasn't, an awful lot of pages were spent drilling into us that Patrick was drilling into her (and he came inside her). And they were going to keep in touch. So it's just possible that Erin is Patrick's daughter. And Jacqui is sure enough that Miriam is Patrick's daughter to tell her that.

Rain is apparently a daughter of Atlas, or something. And Jacqui has some as yet undisclosed history with Rain. So Miriam could come from remarkable stock.

This issue seems to lend credence to a theory that I mentioned way back.

From 1314 onward, one big question that's been asked is: precisely what is Miriam doing with this whole soul-sucking power? How did she learn this ability? How can she do it? She has exhibited no seemingly magical capabilities and appears to have the same touch-based MC ability as her father, but no indication as to how she is able to somehow shunt people out of their bodies and into herself, where she can change them as she sees fit.

Way, way back in 473, after the ritual in which Miriam's memories of Jakob were unsealed, Miriam asks Erin, "What are you? I've seen you do magic. Real magic." To which Erin replies, "I don't have a word for what I am. Or what I do. But I can teach you some things."

Fast forward a few issues to 479, and, amidst scenes of Erin and Adrian fucking, we see Miriam studying a tome which very clearly sems to be related to the world of Erin and Aiken, given the symbols visible on its pages and the red candles melted to the table as she studies them. Seemingly, Erin has indeed been instructing Miriam on some techniques of whatever power is available to her. This only seems reconfirmed when she tells Miriam in 950, when they are on their way to the airport, "Remember, we're what people are superstitious of," implying that Miriam has in some way been introduced to Erin's world.

Now, so many issues later, in the 1380s-1390s, we see that Erin is able to pull Miriam into whatever the spirit dream she set up was; Adrian later confirms in 1450 that Erin "took control of the fantasy she had locked you in." That, together with Aiken's apparent ability to create a new one of these spirit dreams to protect himself inside of Miriam, seems evidence to me that whatever magic Erin and Aiken practice is how Miriam was able to kick off this entire escapade in 1314 to start with.

Script: Daphne • Line Art: Plutonian Knight • Colors and Lettering: Octavia Moon

If we've been good boys, girls and everything in between, will Mrs. Claus leave 4.2 under the tree...?

Script: Daphne • Art and Lettering: OneDollarBilly

i'll admit my mind went to a three stage boss transformation à la Final Fantasy, as well.

I was weirdly hoping from the name and the cover that this was going to involve signing some magical radically life-altering contract. Double-meaning, you know?

I was curious as to which it would be, but happy with either result. I'd also have been okay if this had been some kind of boss battle.

Well, that was a surprise. I'd say it was....Beyond...expectations.

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