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PANEL 1: CUDDOW, THE CAPTAIN, and SKITTER walk through a hilly, snowy landscape toward a a round building. Warm light emanates from the windows, and a the door is open with a tall grasskan, CAPTAIN TILL, stands in the doorway. Snow falls from a twilight sky. TILL: Ah! Captain Taneel! …I’m honored you’d join me. PANEL 2: TILL, a tall Grasskan (a dinosaur-like alien with horns), wearing a dark cape, welcomes THE CAPTAIN inside. THE CAPTAIN wears a fur-lined hood. TILL: I read up on the osint I could fin don you, and was quite impressed. Is it true that you led at the battle of parlay? CAPTAIN: I did, yes. PANEL 3: TILL looks at THE CAPTAIN interested, while THE CAPTAIN takes her hood off. TILL: New of that battle reached even MY people. I bow to your acumen. And perhaps to your RANK! As a Capitán de Navío, I believe you outrank me, Ma’am. PANEL 4: TILL and CAPTAIN shake hands, while CAPH, a young grasskan with a cast and sling on one arm, stands behind the CAPTAIN. CAPTAIN: Captain, I dine at YOUR table, on a planet YOU run. So I believe I’m at YOUR service, tonight. TILL: Ha! Well, let’s leave that aside, then. You is this young grasskan you have among you? PANEL 5: The CAPTAIN motions towards CAPH (off panel), while reading off a small piece of paper. TILL looms behind her. CAPTAIN: Captain Till, may I introduce you to Cash… “Of the house of Sahnt. Son to Lt. Prella of her Majesty’s Royal Infantry, serving in the Gannath war.” TILL: Nasty fighters, the Gannath. Your mother honored her family, son. PANEL 6: Close up on CAPTAIN, a shadow falls across her face. CAPTAIN: Her son continues the name. Cash faced the full rage of THE CENTER HIMSELF, as he railed about the empress. And yet Cash lives on! A testament to Grasskan resilience. PANEL 7: TILL motions towards CAPH, CAPH looks scared. TILL: What?? This injury comes from the claws of THE CENTER?!? In all my years, I have never heard of a Grasskan SURVIVING a physical encounter with The Center. PANEL 8: In a dramatic motion, TILL bows. TILL: I would hear your story, Caph of the House of Sahnt. For tonight…WE DINE IN YOUR HONOR. —— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
PANEL 1: CUDDOW, THE CAPTAIN, and SKITTER walk through a hilly, snowy landscape toward a a round building. Warm light emanates from the windows, and a the door is open with a tall grasskan, CAPTAIN TILL, stands in the doorway. Snow falls from a twilight sky. TILL: Ah! Captain Taneel! …I’m honored you’d join me. PANEL 2: TILL, a tall Grasskan (a dinosaur-like alien with horns), wearing a dark cape, welcomes THE CAPTAIN inside. THE CAPTAIN wears a fur-lined hood. TILL: I read up on the osint I could fin don you, and was quite impressed. Is it true that you led at the battle of parlay? CAPTAIN: I did, yes. PANEL 3: TILL looks at THE CAPTAIN interested, while THE CAPTAIN takes her hood off. TILL: New of that battle reached even MY people. I bow to your acumen. And perhaps to your RANK! As a Capitán de Navío, I believe you outrank me, Ma’am. PANEL 4: TILL and CAPTAIN shake hands, while CAPH, a young grasskan with a cast and sling on one arm, stands behind the CAPTAIN. CAPTAIN: Captain, I dine at YOUR table, on a planet YOU run. So I believe I’m at YOUR service, tonight. TILL: Ha! Well, let’s leave that aside, then. You is this young grasskan you have among you? PANEL 5: The CAPTAIN motions towards CAPH (off panel), while reading off a small piece of paper. TILL looms behind her. CAPTAIN: Captain Till, may I introduce you to Cash… “Of the house of Sahnt. Son to Lt. Prella of her Majesty’s Royal Infantry, serving in the Gannath war.” TILL: Nasty fighters, the Gannath. Your mother honored her family, son. PANEL 6: Close up on CAPTAIN, a shadow falls across her face. CAPTAIN: Her son continues the name. Cash faced the full rage of THE CENTER HIMSELF, as he railed about the empress. And yet Cash lives on! A testament to Grasskan resilience. PANEL 7: TILL motions towards CAPH, CAPH looks scared. TILL: What?? This injury comes from the claws of THE CENTER?!? In all my years, I have never heard of a Grasskan SURVIVING a physical encounter with The Center. PANEL 8: In a dramatic motion, TILL bows. TILL: I would hear your story, Caph of the House of Sahnt. For tonight…WE DINE IN YOUR HONOR. —— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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Posted on April 3, 2025 by Beth Reidmiller
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