#289. Going First Chapter 9. Date Night
Ch 9.4 *
#289 *
May 24, 2026
- Chloe (eyes wide, boggling): "You're going to try to cure Sophia?" Zia: "Yep." Chloe: "Like cure cure?" Zia: "Yep."
- Chloe: "But — Sophia — why Sophia?" "Like — why not maybe someone fuzzy with a tail?" "And hooves?"
- Sophia (resting in the archway between the two glowing panels of the machine): "Because for better or for worse, I can be sliced, diced, chopped, smashed, squished, shot, burned, boiled, melted, fried, exploded, and live to tell the tale." "We've tested it." "But if you still want to go first using this highly experimental machine..."
- Chloe (visibly pale, backing away): "Nope, nope, hah, I was definitely talking about somebody else with hooves, you go right ahead."
Characters: Chloe, Sophia, Zia
You gotta love how casually she says, "We've tested it."
— Inker
