How does one commit a long list of names to memory? Personally, I use mnemonics like Janik here, which have helped me out in more ways that one. Let’s say I can’t remember somebody’s name, but they’ve got a fancy car. Car rhymes with par, which is a term in golf — Rolf! Yes, I know, that’s a poor example, because nobody is named Rolf anymore. I’ll just segue out of this part of the post now.

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Personally I love how Rachel handled visually representing Janik’s train of thought. This is one of those fun things that the comic medium affords us — being able to show sequential thought with a single BG and multiple versions of the character to suggest musing over time.

Anyway, Janik has successfully named all the names! Mitra’s lesson can finally continue, and we’ll get to learn a little bit more about the kinds of things an ambassador to Navran should know before taking up the job.

This week for guest art, some fun artwork by Jerijune of a character we haven’t seen in a while: Crim! As a Tesque trainer, he’s always ready to push his students further to help them rise to his level. With his rather commanding personality, he’s a natural at the job!

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Thank you so much for the great artwork, Jerijune! The Tesque uniforms look spot on, and Crim looks appropriately in “teacher mode” here :)

I’ve been mailing out copies of Volume 2 as quickly as I can — we’ve still got a bunch left, so if you’re interested in getting a signed copy with an included mini-print and bookmark, head on over to our store and check it out!

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