Jumping into the recurring motif of “beat-up woobie Patrick” with both feet.
In retrospect, I’m really curious: did any readers see this coming? Either based on other work of mine you’d read, or on Patrick’s general demeanor leading up to it? Or were you caught as off-guard as Bianca and Sparrow?
Human!Spot: There. This is me. Happy now?
Bianca: Sparrow? Can we talk in private for a moment?
FWIW, I think this was the newest page when I started reading BICP.
I didn’t expect the Hurt in the Hurt/Comfort to come in so quickly, but given And Shine Heaven Now’s general themes, I knew it would come up eventually. I just figured we’d see The Dog Who Has Not Yet Been Named accrue the injuries, rather than starting the story with them, so to speak.