So MitM is going to a once-a-month update schedule, I guess… >.< But seriously, I'll really try to update more regularly guys. I've been working on this page just a little bit every other day for the last month. Working 6 days a week and looking for a new apartment (and new job) just kinda eats up your energy and time. I really hate not regularly producing finished artwork though, so hopefully I'll do a better job of directing my occasional free time towards my pen and paper more often. I decided to post this page today on Sunday because; 1) Well...it was done, and I'm not really a fan of building a buffer of unreleased material for some reason, and 2) To help push me on to work on the next page as soon as possible. Also Sunday's might end up being the best day for me to update on anyways. My work schedule is pretty inconsistent, but I do normally get my one day off more often than not on Sundays.

As for the page itself, I’m still trying out new stuff as usual. The last panel was going to be two separate ones, but I thought, “Why not try the whole, ‘head-spin-around’ thing that some artists like to use a lot.” I looked through several One Piece mangas for some inspiration (since Oda likes to use it fairly regularly it seems). My attempt was still pretty much a flop though, but it was fun to experiment with and I might give it another shot sometime in the future.

Also, HOLY CRAP this scene changed A LOT while I was writing it. I wrote and rewrote how this scenario would pan out quite a bit. Most of the early interpretations involved Levi either outright fighting Ty (the coyote that went upstairs) or stealthily knocking him out. Eventually I came to the conclusion that if Levi grabbed the weapon plans, there really wasn’t a reason for him to stick around (after all, they kinda wanted to lure the coyotes out of the carpentry anyways). Having Dayton stay behind and hidden kinda setup some interesting possibilities too… O.O

ALSO (so many also’s…), apologies if the whole cut to Dakota and Mr. Connors feels very confusing and “straight out of left field” (which is kinda how it feels to me after rereading it myself), but I did kinda want to keep what was happening between the two kinda in a confusing/unknown place. I wanted Mr. Connor’s role in everything at the moment to be “involved, but not directly” without really having to discuss to what extent or why for the time being. Buuuuut, it may feel a little more confusing than I had intended, so…um…yeah, sorry about that. I will address it later though! I promise ^^;

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