IV 8-9

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I just have to mention the irrelevant fact that these two pages were finished during a Pirates of the Caribbean marathon, during most of which my new parrot friend was perched on my shoulder...
Page 9 was an answer (among other possible ones) to the question, How to convey this info (the passage of time, what both sides were up to, Malaak's own thoughts on the matter) without showing it (which would take several plodding pages) and without relying heavily on those little boxes I use as little as possible? The notebook page, with newspaper clipping to create a transition and scribbled sketches, appealed to me for experimental reasons as well. Note also that these two pages work as a spread – I plan my sequencing with the printed book in mind, so p8 would only be revealed after the page is turned, with p9 next to it.
But if my handwriting is too terrible, please tell me, so I can hire someone else's...