Honestly, in my original manuscript Falco was as meek as a lamb, but once I started to sketch the page, he decided to try out this stunt. We’ll see if his attempt to impress the Dux will succeed (once I get back from a little trip, sorry to get your hopes up!).
Also: Mochi, you plot device puppy! (She has her own mission.)
While I inked this page, I drank 1/2 litre of Ramzy licorice drink and listened to the album PolskaPandolfi by Kreeta-Maria Kentala (Baroque violin) and Tea Polso (harpsichord), selected Ennio Morricone albums on Qobuz, and the videos “The Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate” by Al Muqaddimah and “Where did the HUNS come from?” by World of Antiquity on YouTube.


