BEDLAM, part 45.
Added 2023-05-26 15:43:13 +0000 UTCBooks carry power in this world, too, if not quite as physically. But if I was illiterate, my life would only be a small fraction of what it is now.
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Yes, had she waited a bit, it would have turned into the words "DON'T PANIC!" in large friendly letters....
Skunkupine
2023-05-26 21:20:54 +0000 UTC"People say money can't buy happiness, but I have receipts from numerous bookstores that prove them wrong." I'm willing to bet the book's text was morphing into something the reader could understand, but it would still freak you out if you didn't know what was going on.
Paul Lenoue
2023-05-26 20:56:10 +0000 UTCThe next comic should tell which is correct.
Jay Scott Raymond
2023-05-26 17:14:45 +0000 UTCMore like impulsively forgetting the safety precautions she arranged.
Kenneth Chisholm
2023-05-26 17:09:44 +0000 UTCAnd I only wear my seat belt when I plan on being in an accident. Which is all the time. Laura needs to start being a lot more pessimistic in her actions.
Skunkupine
2023-05-26 17:03:09 +0000 UTCSo presumably this means Mink recognized the effect and knows it isn't a problem for her.
Jay Scott Raymond
2023-05-26 16:57:13 +0000 UTCThat was only for Bereki's tome.
Jay Scott Raymond
2023-05-26 16:56:17 +0000 UTCIf books of magic were sentient in this world. "Oh thank goodness you're here!" "We want to press charges!" "This lady tossed us down those stairs without any provocation!" "I mean I wasn't going to melt 'all' of her brain.....much."
Winkin
2023-05-26 16:19:38 +0000 UTCThat's dumb, the whole arrangement with the golem is for him to examine the books so to avoid problems like this.
Kenneth Chisholm
2023-05-26 16:17:46 +0000 UTC
