Aaand it's three months earlier (September, for those of you who can't be bothered to do the math or think that I can't be bothered to do it,) and we're in Africa. Possibly Nigeria, thereabouts. Exactly where is unimportant. It's about the idea of Africa. Buildings, trees, kids playing soccer. A stone well by the road. I used these African stereotypes for a reason. Ostensibly it's to establish the idea of Africa and then move on so we can get on with the story, but possibly it's because it's the way it appeared in my dream. Or because it wouldn't be worth the research just for a few panels. Hey, at least it's less stereotypical in the actual story here than the mud huts on the cover. The sun's weird here. I think it has something to do with the scan, but I'm not sure, as it could be from the adjustment of the contrast to make the pencilwork stand out.
It's one of the few times panel breaks are actually used in Redbox here, establishing us firmly back in a real time and place rather than the ethereal nature of the last day on Earth. Okimba makes an early, I guess, cameo, before becoming part of the story proper, clutching his cross in the foreground.
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