“Sailor’s grave” – do you mean burial at sea?
That isn’t what I was suggesting.
I said burn her corpse and spread her ashes
on the sea, to be spread around the world.
I see her family being led off, too. But I wonder how this
sentence will affect them. Can’t ostracize a family for a
member they never had. So, it’s either they get off lightly
or the whole family loses its stature, maybe its existence.
Sora’s family, if they aren’t charged as well, have such
great dishonor that they will lose all power and what
riches they have is all they will EVER have. And I’ll wager
they will be exiled as well…
No one will do business with them or even speak their
name.
A .380? ok only slightly more powerful than a .22, my sister had one,
I seen the slugs bounce off a log. I was worried a bit as I was reading,
it started to sound like an epitaph. I had hoped the toughness of the
Cats and more so Miral would carry her through it, their skin is more
like leather than human. She’s going to need time to recover and maybe
the bond between the family and clan will grow even more now. I love
the punishment they have in store for Sora, I can’t think of a more
fitting one for someone that did what she did. She should thank Ahmya
for letting her live for trial, Azahy looked like he wanted to have a
look at what color her kidney’s were! Bare-handed no less…
😉
I learned about this in a criminal justice class:
When they were available, a girl dumped two magazines (14 rounds)
of Super Vel into an obese home invader/convicted rapist.
She hit him 13 times, including two that bounced off his skull.
When the Deputies arrived, he was sitting on her porch complaining
“The bitch shot me!”
One Deputy told her “For God’s sake, get a .45!”
I think I heard about this, I didn’t know it was a .380 she shot
him with. My sister after he last divorce upgraded to a 5-shot
.45, I couldn’t grip it, the grip was too short for my fat fingers.
My 9 mm barely fits, but there’s one thing about it I hate:
no safety! My son told me “it has a long pull.” I still worry…
Scars – funny thing about grips. I find when I use
a full grip that I apply too much force with my pinky
and cause the barrel to dip. So I’ve developed the habit
of extending my right pinky out and tucking my left
pinky under it. Basically, two right fingers on the grip
covered by three left fingers wrapped over the top.
It works for me. And I don’t have to worry about getting
a full grip on snubbies! (Which also have no safety. 🙂 )
Mine’s a semi-auto, my son was just worried since I
can’t do the art anymore. At least not what he remembers.
It was my fault, I told him about the attempt mugging
and he freaked. “A cane doesn’t go bang!” heh. Depends
on how you swing it 😉
I’ve seen those, but after that rookie pulled his
gun on me I’m not willing to risk it. Besides,
I thought they were out-lawed? Plus, I’d be afraid
to lean on it in case it went off.
it is a “Concealed handgun”.! so applicable laws apply.
it is a dandy toy. not a cane…
IF you really need a support,. then you would fall over
if you tried to use it…
also: everyone says its illegal. so they don’t have to
deal with it, but if you look, about a third of the states
allow it.!!!
I don’t need one to walk anymore, as long
as it’s not too far. My knee tends to buckle
if it gets tired. I’ve nearly fallen on stairs
many times because of that grrr…
So I try to avoid them as far as I can.
I use for groin shots or a fist enhancer since
brass knuckles were outlawed in Indiana.
Or as a hook to disarm. Mine’s metal, but
light weight, so it’d break easily if I use it
as a club. The “Gimpy old man” thing gives
me more of a chance with these types.
Handguns suck compared to rifles. I recall reading about
a state trooper who pulled over sumdood who was high on
drugs. The trooper ended up emptying his .357 Magnum into
the guy, good hits too, and still ended up dying at the hands
of the druggie. Who lived.
Heh, I know of one handgun I would not want to be shot at with,
My brother-in-law took the idea of my son’s .50 beowolf and
made a handgun out of the lower. It’s what we used on that bull.
It still uses a “handgun” type of round, but it makes a .44 mag
round look like a 9 mm.
Druggies are no joke, I had a guy strung out on PCP try to pick
a fight with me, I had to use a brick wall in a head-lock just
to knock him out. He took my kicks and punches like kitten paps.
A flying drop-kick just made him laugh… That’s blood-chilling.
Scars – I once shot a Sig chambered in .380 at a bowling pin
match at 10 yards with round-nose lead bullets. Granted,
they weren’t powerful reloads, as reloads go, but still. I found
one of the bullets on the ground five yards out. It still had the
factory lube in the lube-groove, and had not deformed at all.
I could have loaded that bullet into another shell and shot it again.
I’ve never seen anything like it. Now, factory Speer Gold-Dots!
Those are a fair bit more powerful. But, into a cat, yeah,
not nearly as much damage as into a human.
I can believe it after seeing that in the binoculars. It’s
a close-quarters weapon only, about the same effective
range as a sword or long knife. The only gun I seen
that was worse was the .25 revolver, I was shot at by
one, a metal trash can lid just dented. Punk didn’t know
it needed cocked after every round, so i explained his
mistake in great “detail,” he “dozed off” so I doubt he
would have remembered my “instruction.” Heh… I
just threw it in the sewer…
I remember my father talking gun trades with a friend, who
showed him his .25. He scoffed and said “If you ever have to
shoot somebody with that, and they find out about it, it might
make them mad.”
hehe.. snerk.. my sperm doner found a .25 auto in a sewer…
it was modded to full auto,. i’m guessing so that at least one
of the 8 (7+1) would do some thing…
At least someone else had the same feeling about it that I did.
I’m serious, I had grabbed the lid and held it like a shield,
I didn’t expect it to work! He was maybe 15 feet away, all I
heard was a tink! Idiot kept pulling the trigger so I rushed him.
I just re-read that. The picked up bullet at 5 yards was a bounce back.
The pin went off the table. It might have been interpreted that there
was no powder in the shell, and the bullet only made it 5 yards on the
power of the primer alone.
Miral, obviously, does not have body armor. This is an earlier storyline,
from the day after she and Ahmya had their first… encounter.
The motorcycle trip hasn’t happened yet, and she and Gopi have yet to meet.
Ahmya and Higashi are going to
be a formidable pair. Making the right
decision for the right reasons.
Ahmya quicker for tactical but
Higashi is more down to earth toward people.
Naa… We all know no one lives forever. It would
have been a fitting end for her. Maybe not as good
as Kelly’s, but still, she protected a friend and a
world leader! Still, she survived the slavers, a couple
of wars, being shot down and made friends, plus
the Islam attack, no mad woman with a pea-shooter
was gonna take down that kitty!
Scars! Don’t encourage him!!! We DO NOT want our
beloved characters killed off. Let them stop being
reported on, like King Bishop, but don’t kill them off.
Slight quibble: In P1, shouldn’t Ahmia’s pronouncement
have been more like, “She will be tried and, if found guilty,
be executed.”? The way it reads now it appears like the
trial will be a mere formality since the end result seems
to be foreordained. That doesn’t look at all like justice
to this observer.
Ahmya isn’t making a verdict there, just a statement
of fact, Sora’s attempt on her life and shooting Miral
in front of so many witnesses, it’s a no-brainer as to
the verdict of the court.
Sora was toast the moment she pulled out the gun,
the rest is a formality.
in Japan, you don’t get any higher court than the Emperor.!
who just happened to ‘announce’ her his Empress.!
also people like Sora, “Don’t” get a day in court, and made
into a martyr.
Bill, with the witnesses, the setting and the fact that the
Japanese Emperor was RIGHT THERE and witnessed
what happened, I’d have to say, it’s an open and shut case…
As in closed casket…
I had a full cardiac catheterization yesterday. They did something
I had never had done before. They inserted a catheter in my right
jugular vein and poked around in the right side of my heart. Then
they went in an artery (in my wrist, not my groin) and looked at
the left side. They found a 90% blockage near the entrance to one
of the branch vessels. The Doc said that it would require a lot of
contrast medium so to give my (not so hot) kidneys a break I’m
going back in on Friday of next week to get a stent placed. Fun
and games! I guess those episodes of pressure and (usually) dull
ache over my heart were real. At that time they’ll also be in a
better position to decide how soon the stenosing aortic (output)
valve will have to be replaced. {sigh} Both my folks had heart
issues so I got a double dose. None of my sibs have developed
heart issues so that’s good.
The bad part of them going in through my right wrist is they
have my right hand strapped to a splint to reduce me using
that hand while the cutdown heals. I’m a southpaw so it isn’t
too bad but it is a challenge to get some things done. Oh well.
Good luck, Bill. My wife ended up having two valves
replaced, but it was her kidneys that failed her.
If you’re ever on dialysis,
learn about calciphylaxis and watch for it.
Hang in there Bill, I had the same thing done right
after the co vid scare 4-5 years ago, but the worst
one was only 25% They did use my groin though,
NOT pleasant! Both my parents too, both had the
aortic valve replaced. My mother had the
mechanical one, my father has a cow valve. She
complained about the clicking noise, I didn’t
blame her at all!
I can really, really relate to that of Miral.
Been an airplane/flying fanatic as far back as I can remember.
They fussed at me for shinnying up a B-36 prop blade at an airshow
in the early 1950’s.
May The Lord be with you, Bill, Comforting, Protecting and Healing –
while guiding your treatment team(s) perfectly –
while they follow His directions.
Bad grip squeeze –
I pretty much solved mine on my SIG 9mm and Glock .40 cal
by mounting green laser gizmos on them. Much better accuracy for me.
Now – if I could only find one for my Mossburg .410.
I hear that, I put a laser sight on my Rugar 10/22,
I shake way more than I thought. So I went with
a reflex instead. It doesn’t help, but I can plan better
without the distraction of the waving dot. I’d hate
to shoot the calf I’m trying to protect.
I don’t doubt they had to take everything out to
close any holes the rounds made, like they did to
me during my first cancer surgery. Only they were
looking for tumors in my case. Miral will have a
long scar on her belly, but I’m sure her fur will
cover it nicely. And maybe that “fresh feeling”
from the flushing they did to remove any risk
of e-coli from her colon.
I remember Miral being VERY pregnant, but I think that was a
vote incentive and possibly not canon. I think she was showing
when she first met Ahmya, which PC says was a very short time
ago here (can’t literally be yesterday in-story). But she wasn’t
showing any more, iirc, when they two met the racists in the
coffee shop.
it was canon, several pages of Not being able to fly, cuz of preggers.
also, comic time flows differently,. i think PC said “short time between
comics”.. and about a year in sed comic time,,, cuz, finish school,
finish preggers, and getting to know each other,.!
My thought was the time between discovery
of the pregnancy too, it was her first one.
My elder sister didn’t know for the first 3
months, although as heavy as she was it’s
understandable…
Dare to dream, and dream of flying.
fyi 400m = 1312 feet
just shy (1320f) of a quarter mile…
Yay! Miral lives!!! Thanks for not drawing the suspense out, PC.
I don’t know if I could have waited much longer to find out.
Good! Death sentence as she deserves.
No name, an unmarked and unknown grave.
Even its gender was taken.
Even better than an unmarked and unknown grave would be
to cremate her corpse and toss the ashes loosely into the sea.
That’s a thought, but she doesn’t deserve a sailor’s grave,
just dump it in the trash…
“Sailor’s grave” – do you mean burial at sea?
That isn’t what I was suggesting.
I said burn her corpse and spread her ashes
on the sea, to be spread around the world.
However, tossing in the trash works too. 🙂
Into a septic tank works too, she can just be
part of everyone else’s crap. HA! 😉
Osama bin Laden.
Isn’t that how we disposed of his body?
So his grave wouldn’t become a
shrine for the mentally ill?
True, I’ll have to look it up. Maybe dumped into a pig
pen with the rest of the hog shit? (Oh my ribs!) 😉
I see her family being led off, too. But I wonder how this
sentence will affect them. Can’t ostracize a family for a
member they never had. So, it’s either they get off lightly
or the whole family loses its stature, maybe its existence.
Sora’s family, if they aren’t charged as well, have such
great dishonor that they will lose all power and what
riches they have is all they will EVER have. And I’ll wager
they will be exiled as well…
No one will do business with them or even speak their
name.
Ahhhh darn… the Cats are going to get to play… 🙁
A .380? ok only slightly more powerful than a .22, my sister had one,
I seen the slugs bounce off a log. I was worried a bit as I was reading,
it started to sound like an epitaph. I had hoped the toughness of the
Cats and more so Miral would carry her through it, their skin is more
like leather than human. She’s going to need time to recover and maybe
the bond between the family and clan will grow even more now. I love
the punishment they have in store for Sora, I can’t think of a more
fitting one for someone that did what she did. She should thank Ahmya
for letting her live for trial, Azahy looked like he wanted to have a
look at what color her kidney’s were! Bare-handed no less…
😉
I learned about this in a criminal justice class:
When they were available, a girl dumped two magazines (14 rounds)
of Super Vel into an obese home invader/convicted rapist.
She hit him 13 times, including two that bounced off his skull.
When the Deputies arrived, he was sitting on her porch complaining
“The bitch shot me!”
One Deputy told her “For God’s sake, get a .45!”
I think I heard about this, I didn’t know it was a .380 she shot
him with. My sister after he last divorce upgraded to a 5-shot
.45, I couldn’t grip it, the grip was too short for my fat fingers.
My 9 mm barely fits, but there’s one thing about it I hate:
no safety! My son told me “it has a long pull.” I still worry…
Scars – funny thing about grips. I find when I use
a full grip that I apply too much force with my pinky
and cause the barrel to dip. So I’ve developed the habit
of extending my right pinky out and tucking my left
pinky under it. Basically, two right fingers on the grip
covered by three left fingers wrapped over the top.
It works for me. And I don’t have to worry about getting
a full grip on snubbies! (Which also have no safety. 🙂 )
Mine’s a semi-auto, my son was just worried since I
can’t do the art anymore. At least not what he remembers.
It was my fault, I told him about the attempt mugging
and he freaked. “A cane doesn’t go bang!” heh. Depends
on how you swing it 😉
umm yes they do.!
https://www.guns.com/news/2017/04/29/cane-guns
I’ve seen those, but after that rookie pulled his
gun on me I’m not willing to risk it. Besides,
I thought they were out-lawed? Plus, I’d be afraid
to lean on it in case it went off.
it is a “Concealed handgun”.! so applicable laws apply.
it is a dandy toy. not a cane…
IF you really need a support,. then you would fall over
if you tried to use it…
also: everyone says its illegal. so they don’t have to
deal with it, but if you look, about a third of the states
allow it.!!!
I don’t need one to walk anymore, as long
as it’s not too far. My knee tends to buckle
if it gets tired. I’ve nearly fallen on stairs
many times because of that grrr…
So I try to avoid them as far as I can.
Yeah, mine usually goes crack. Gotta learn to hold back
a bit on the swing… I break more canes otherwise…
I use for groin shots or a fist enhancer since
brass knuckles were outlawed in Indiana.
Or as a hook to disarm. Mine’s metal, but
light weight, so it’d break easily if I use it
as a club. The “Gimpy old man” thing gives
me more of a chance with these types.
Handguns suck compared to rifles. I recall reading about
a state trooper who pulled over sumdood who was high on
drugs. The trooper ended up emptying his .357 Magnum into
the guy, good hits too, and still ended up dying at the hands
of the druggie. Who lived.
Heh, I know of one handgun I would not want to be shot at with,
My brother-in-law took the idea of my son’s .50 beowolf and
made a handgun out of the lower. It’s what we used on that bull.
It still uses a “handgun” type of round, but it makes a .44 mag
round look like a 9 mm.
Druggies are no joke, I had a guy strung out on PCP try to pick
a fight with me, I had to use a brick wall in a head-lock just
to knock him out. He took my kicks and punches like kitten paps.
A flying drop-kick just made him laugh… That’s blood-chilling.
Scars – I once shot a Sig chambered in .380 at a bowling pin
match at 10 yards with round-nose lead bullets. Granted,
they weren’t powerful reloads, as reloads go, but still. I found
one of the bullets on the ground five yards out. It still had the
factory lube in the lube-groove, and had not deformed at all.
I could have loaded that bullet into another shell and shot it again.
I’ve never seen anything like it. Now, factory Speer Gold-Dots!
Those are a fair bit more powerful. But, into a cat, yeah,
not nearly as much damage as into a human.
I can believe it after seeing that in the binoculars. It’s
a close-quarters weapon only, about the same effective
range as a sword or long knife. The only gun I seen
that was worse was the .25 revolver, I was shot at by
one, a metal trash can lid just dented. Punk didn’t know
it needed cocked after every round, so i explained his
mistake in great “detail,” he “dozed off” so I doubt he
would have remembered my “instruction.” Heh… I
just threw it in the sewer…
I remember my father talking gun trades with a friend, who
showed him his .25. He scoffed and said “If you ever have to
shoot somebody with that, and they find out about it, it might
make them mad.”
hehe.. snerk.. my sperm doner found a .25 auto in a sewer…
it was modded to full auto,. i’m guessing so that at least one
of the 8 (7+1) would do some thing…
At least someone else had the same feeling about it that I did.
I’m serious, I had grabbed the lid and held it like a shield,
I didn’t expect it to work! He was maybe 15 feet away, all I
heard was a tink! Idiot kept pulling the trigger so I rushed him.
I always say, never bring a gun to a sword fight…
Unless you’re at range, or can snipe them…
I just re-read that. The picked up bullet at 5 yards was a bounce back.
The pin went off the table. It might have been interpreted that there
was no powder in the shell, and the bullet only made it 5 yards on the
power of the primer alone.
Miral, obviously, does not have body armor. This is an earlier storyline,
from the day after she and Ahmya had their first… encounter.
The motorcycle trip hasn’t happened yet, and she and Gopi have yet to meet.
Ah I didn’t realize the time line was that close together, my bad.
Ahmya and Higashi are going to
be a formidable pair. Making the right
decision for the right reasons.
Ahmya quicker for tactical but
Higashi is more down to earth toward people.
Added bonus is Miral is alive.
Yeah, I learned my lesson when i had to bring Kelly back to life.
Don’t kill off a popular character, it upsets the readers.
Naa… We all know no one lives forever. It would
have been a fitting end for her. Maybe not as good
as Kelly’s, but still, she protected a friend and a
world leader! Still, she survived the slavers, a couple
of wars, being shot down and made friends, plus
the Islam attack, no mad woman with a pea-shooter
was gonna take down that kitty!
Scars! Don’t encourage him!!! We DO NOT want our
beloved characters killed off. Let them stop being
reported on, like King Bishop, but don’t kill them off.
HA! I’m not! Just that things happen.
I agree, I expected at some point she’d
retire, but now that they have our life-span
that’s not likely.
Slight quibble: In P1, shouldn’t Ahmia’s pronouncement
have been more like, “She will be tried and, if found guilty,
be executed.”? The way it reads now it appears like the
trial will be a mere formality since the end result seems
to be foreordained. That doesn’t look at all like justice
to this observer.
I felt the same, even when guilt is unquestionable like this.
Ahmya isn’t making a verdict there, just a statement
of fact, Sora’s attempt on her life and shooting Miral
in front of so many witnesses, it’s a no-brainer as to
the verdict of the court.
Sora was toast the moment she pulled out the gun,
the rest is a formality.
in Japan, you don’t get any higher court than the Emperor.!
who just happened to ‘announce’ her his Empress.!
also people like Sora, “Don’t” get a day in court, and made
into a martyr.
Ahmya stated she’d have no name, a martyr
would need a name I think. Her family might,
but they are pretty much outcasts now.
In P1 Ahmya said: “And she will be tried and executed”
So she will stand trial, even if it’s just to make things
nice and legal.
Bill, with the witnesses, the setting and the fact that the
Japanese Emperor was RIGHT THERE and witnessed
what happened, I’d have to say, it’s an open and shut case…
As in closed casket…
More like a tattered shoe box at the land fill heh.
It’s ashes mixed with traces of the last 50 other
people cremated…
I had a full cardiac catheterization yesterday. They did something
I had never had done before. They inserted a catheter in my right
jugular vein and poked around in the right side of my heart. Then
they went in an artery (in my wrist, not my groin) and looked at
the left side. They found a 90% blockage near the entrance to one
of the branch vessels. The Doc said that it would require a lot of
contrast medium so to give my (not so hot) kidneys a break I’m
going back in on Friday of next week to get a stent placed. Fun
and games! I guess those episodes of pressure and (usually) dull
ache over my heart were real. At that time they’ll also be in a
better position to decide how soon the stenosing aortic (output)
valve will have to be replaced. {sigh} Both my folks had heart
issues so I got a double dose. None of my sibs have developed
heart issues so that’s good.
The bad part of them going in through my right wrist is they
have my right hand strapped to a splint to reduce me using
that hand while the cutdown heals. I’m a southpaw so it isn’t
too bad but it is a challenge to get some things done. Oh well.
Good luck, Bill. My wife ended up having two valves
replaced, but it was her kidneys that failed her.
If you’re ever on dialysis,
learn about calciphylaxis and watch for it.
Hang in there Bill, I had the same thing done right
after the co vid scare 4-5 years ago, but the worst
one was only 25% They did use my groin though,
NOT pleasant! Both my parents too, both had the
aortic valve replaced. My mother had the
mechanical one, my father has a cow valve. She
complained about the clicking noise, I didn’t
blame her at all!
Like everyone else says,
“Hang tough and we’ll see you here for next comic.”
I can really, really relate to that of Miral.
Been an airplane/flying fanatic as far back as I can remember.
They fussed at me for shinnying up a B-36 prop blade at an airshow
in the early 1950’s.
May The Lord be with you, Bill, Comforting, Protecting and Healing –
while guiding your treatment team(s) perfectly –
while they follow His directions.
Bad grip squeeze –
I pretty much solved mine on my SIG 9mm and Glock .40 cal
by mounting green laser gizmos on them. Much better accuracy for me.
Now – if I could only find one for my Mossburg .410.
I hear that, I put a laser sight on my Rugar 10/22,
I shake way more than I thought. So I went with
a reflex instead. It doesn’t help, but I can plan better
without the distraction of the waving dot. I’d hate
to shoot the calf I’m trying to protect.
Re-assembled? Odd way to put it.
I don’t doubt they had to take everything out to
close any holes the rounds made, like they did to
me during my first cancer surgery. Only they were
looking for tumors in my case. Miral will have a
long scar on her belly, but I’m sure her fur will
cover it nicely. And maybe that “fresh feeling”
from the flushing they did to remove any risk
of e-coli from her colon.
“They can make her better, stronger, faster,
we can make her the Six Billion Dollar Kitty!”
(moans while the “6 million dollar man”
theme run through his head) Slow-Mo
jumping!
I just had a thought…
This makes Miral and me scar buddies! LOL!!!!
Only mine are from something other than war wounds 😉
“If ‘it’ tries to escape…”
Nice detail of telling us that Sora has been erased and to which extend.
Sora lost all human status, “IT”
is all she merits at this point.
Just more trash to dispose of.
Wasn’t Miral pregnant? Has she already delivered?
I remember Miral being VERY pregnant, but I think that was a
vote incentive and possibly not canon. I think she was showing
when she first met Ahmya, which PC says was a very short time
ago here (can’t literally be yesterday in-story). But she wasn’t
showing any more, iirc, when they two met the racists in the
coffee shop.
it was canon, several pages of Not being able to fly, cuz of preggers.
also, comic time flows differently,. i think PC said “short time between
comics”.. and about a year in sed comic time,,, cuz, finish school,
finish preggers, and getting to know each other,.!
Even 6-7 months would cover it.
no,. at least 9 months,.
unless doc curry altered gestation cycle.
30 days to wean kit,. maternity leave.
then 2 months on island,…so a year.
My thought was the time between discovery
of the pregnancy too, it was her first one.
My elder sister didn’t know for the first 3
months, although as heavy as she was it’s
understandable…
i based all this off Miral knowing she
was preggers when she first met Ahmya,.
bump showing and the “eat for three” comment…
That is a point, I remember Brian(?) saying
“The three of us need to eat” after Miral
schooled Ahmya about her dishonoring
her father.