Chapter 16
Mar 10, 2026
Back when it was first uploaded on Patreon, I really didn’t want to interrupt the flow of the story, so I made 12 pages instead of the usual 8.
I was so worried about the pacing and storytelling of these pages, you have no idea!!! Please don’t read them on the subway, LOL.
I wanted everything to feel slow, heavy, threatening, and dramatic.
I’m just really happy: we finally understand where that beam of light comes from, the one that cuts across the boy’s eye whenever he slips out of reality and into his memories:
It’s his POV, his entire memory is playing out there.
And it’s important to note that we only ever see the monster through the Boy’s eyes in those shots. That matters, because even he knows that monsters don’t really exist, and that this is his own interpretation of what happened. The monster only has this form inside his mind.
In the same way (for those who didn’t catch it) the butterflies are the ashes from the fire, shown in a more poetic way. It’s the brain reshaping reality. The boy never directly talks about the butterflies in the comic, almost as if he knows they’re imagined, without fully remembering that they were ashes.
You can imagine that, in the terror of the moment, the image of the monster opening the door and all the ashes and embers rushing into the room burned itself into his mind. Later, alone in his bed, the scene replayed over and over, with his child’s brain reshaping reality.
But we're not done yet, this is not THAT simple! You may think you’re starting to understand everything but wait for the next update ;)
I really hope you enjoyed these pages! n_n
Thank you so much for all your support, you’re incredible. Thank you for continuing to believe in these characters, and in me. I don’t even know how to say thank you anymore, except by continuing to give everything I have to this project.
Thank you for being here, truly.
Take care of yourselves. See you very soon <3
Linnea!^^
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Well that sure looks like one of those in Tera’s gang, maybe even him? 👀 I think “it” found you (If it is Tera)
Also, I love reading about their backstories!!
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Just think of two boys, thinking they’re in the right place, comfortable in their everyday life. Nothing to break their plans for the future. And suddenly they crash on that other one, who is so different and far away from what they know that it blows up their world. But now someone is looking at them. Seeing them for the first time. And they are so moved and overwhelmed by that feeling that they are ready to give up on everything else, and escape from, they realize it now, what was a prison.
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