The glasses?

There's something I find sad about Noa's chipped tooth. I hope she gets to a dentist.

It's like she's turning herself into a golem/robot. An object animated for the purpose programmed into it. And the purpose is Strength. And, jeepers, those red cuts on Noa look like severe bodybuilder stretch marks.

Hmm. Sorta like Mr. Ysengrin

And therefore she's supplanted her body with something else.

The glyph is willing, but the flesh is weak

I kind of hope her glyph is that weird circle thing that identifies Kat.

So, she is distilling essence of pure Unga Bunga into this glyph? Instead of merely training for it, she is channeling it via intelligence. "I Unga, therefore I Bunga".

well, what could possibly go wrong then?

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me.

Gravity is "strength"?

So single-minded, she has lost her mind.

Can we go back to the whimsical stories about friendly minotaurs, please?

Sylvie: "I'm missing lunch for this?" • The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak and way too sweaty. Also the extreme close-up makes her looks like a titan. What happens if she messed up the paper or the pencil broke? They look like mundane office supplies not the magical parchment, ink, and quills in Harry Potter. • For some reason I'm reminded of Jeanne calling Parley weak for not telling Smitty she likes him because she's hung up on him being younger and shorter. Maybe "Strength" will jump to Parley because Noa is weak: she needed Jenny's help to continue her research and is apparently willing to steal someone else's power.

It's going to be the shape of Ommega isn't it?

Just typical teenage shenanigans. Can't expect parents to take notice of club activities these kids have at school. Honey? Did our daughter pierce her cerebellum? Don't be old fashion dear, it's all the rage these days. And her shadow eating our cat? That's her friend's bad influence, she's one of the Sanders' kids. We don't talk to them.

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call the temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

"Nice tattoo." "Thanks, it means 'strength' in glyph."

You like my tattoo? In glyph, it means "strength".

Maybe she needs glasses.

Jenny, you are not helping with the accusation of being the arc villain.

so her flesh is too weak? then why doesn't she crave the strength and certainty of steel?

I'm not sure this is the type of "strength" worth cultivating. Also, what is Jenny's diagnosis? She encourages unhealthy behaviors in others. What is she getting out of this?

Should have asked Coyote for it and then endured his manipulation rather than Jenny's. You'd have got terrifying gardening skills too!

I've accidentally hit the all the way back button recently and it's amazing how far the art has come in this comic.

All sorts of sociopathic vibes from Jenny. I wonder if Noa ended up writing the "Strength" glyph on someone/something else that Noa could control.

The strongest symbol is a circle correct?

Whoa! "Strength"? As in Coyote's red stripe?

imagine being in such insane amounts of pain that you look like the last panel and somehow still manage to draw a perfect curve without any signs of a wobbling line this is how you know she's a witch because THAT is magic

Damn we just went full horror genre

pretty sure this was inspired in some Yoga class ;)

I wonder what happens if a pencil breaks during a glyph writing?

Huh. Anyone else thinking of how Coyote's strength was treated as something that could be separated from him? The witches are still next to the star ocean, so is it possible that Noa might have manifested how strength rune the same way that Coyote could equip and unequip his "strength" like a buff in a video game? This is so fascinating...!

"Strength" is the name of her STAND ??

On a more personal note, I love what youve been doing with Noa's face. You seem to be having fun with it. Interesting considering how much of her is a consumate(d) artist

Consider me disconcerted!

Once again, this seems extremely unhealthy as she is sacrificing my her health for this objective:

She is going to look like an eldritch abomination isn’t she

Disgusting art; what the hell is happening to this once-fine comic?

Oh so the thing the other guy wanted. That will end well.

Someone needs to get Noa a glass of prune juice. It's the drink of warriors!

Wow, this sounds darker than a horcrux-- and just as dangerous. That girl be crazy.

Flesh, man. So inconvenient.

And you, Jenny. You knew her flesh was too weak. You knew this would happen, and you never ever warned her. So now it will be the Glyph that wears Noa, and not the other way around. And this is how Jenny wanted it.

Tom, is this some kind of meta-comment about how hard it is for you to finish this comic?

"Ah, this is my friend, who is doing strangely self-destructive things, but revealing things I did not know. I think I'll sit back and watch."

yeah she looks uh. very strong.

"If she wavers in the slightest it will just give her a beefy Trogdor arm that dooms her to an eternity of burnination"

Noa after being defeated: "BUT HOW??" Annie: "The true strength are the friends we made along the way!" Jenny in the shadow: "Curse these meddling kids and their stupid dragon!"

Homigod these girls are insane

Dang

also might i offer my compliments tom on the detail in your art on this page

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me

Girl, same