[487]I told you she would like it, you old grump!

Fire head girl. I like that. I'll bet he used to call Surma that, too.

Annie sure does seem to be enjoying herself. She's all smiles!

This is by far more upbeat than i tought it would actually be... it even made me smile

FIRE HEAD GIRL!

hahahahahah

that panel is great.

Annie probably recognizes that being too solemn and serious around a trickster is a bad idea; humorless people (like Ysengrin) are their natural targets.

LAUGHING ON LINE. That conversation would've been awesome.

"I'm telling you, she'll just sit there and stare blankly. It'll be an awkward moment for all of us."
"Oh, shut up. I'm sure she can appreciate good poetry."
"I'm quite certain of that, but can she appreciate self-agrandizing doggeral?"
"You did NOT just call it that!"
"It doesn't even rhyme!"
"It's free verse, you antiquated pedant!"
"You and I both know that 'free verse' is just a euphamism for 'I couldn't think of any words that rhyme'."
"No, it isn't."
"Yes it is."
"No it isn't............. All right, it is........... I'm still gonna recite itm though."

The final panel on this page gives a new meaning to the chapter title. Up until now, I assumed that Coyote would be telling the tales - about Gunnerkrigg or Reynardine or whatever he had invited Annie out into the woods to tell her about.

Now, however, it's possible that the tales will be *about* Coyote - a collection of legends (whether actual ones or ones that Tom's invented) - concerning Coyote's doings. Though I don't think that even Coyote is conceited enough to invite Annie to the forest just so that he can hear her recite accounts of his past exploits.

Nah, I think she's genuinely enjoying herself.

coyote is the boss, and ysengrin is coyote's right hand wolftreefreakthing

the way i see it, it's hard NOT to smile around coyote, he is just so hilarious.

I honestly think that Annie really did enjoy Coyote's entrance. It seems to me that she is far more at ease with Etheric Beings than she is with normal people, so she's more comfortable with Coyote and Ysengrin (well, perhaps not Ysengrin, but Coyote at least)

Yes, Annie is always polite to pretty much everyone, especially when she's a guest of theirs.

But still, I think she's actually having a nice time talking with that walking ego. She made two in one comic! That doesn't happen often.

I get the feeling that Coyote would be interesting to visit as long as nobody else feels like being the center of attention at any time.

Annie must have gotten a strong mythological education at Good Hope - between her mother and the Guides (all of the Guides whom we've met so far in the webcomic, except probably Kerchak, are actual characters from myth and legend rather than Tom's invention). We know that she was also familiar with the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Indeed, we already know that Annie knows one specific story about Coyote: the one about his making the shadow-people. (And we now have a good idea from whom she learned it.)

But I also hope that Annie's remaining wary - especially since I still find something ominous about Coyote giving Annie that invitation *after* he developed a suspicion that she's got something to do with Reynardine's refusal to return to the forest.

I vote 'insincere' although that may not be the right word. I think Annie understands that in order to get information from Coyote, she needs to humour him. And the best way to do that is to go along with his megalomania.