[704] Harder than I thought

Some of the webs are severed. Jack may not be scratching entirely in vain. It's clear, though, that he's losing the race.

his etheric form is not fully focused. his scratching looks like it's only having a partial effect on the webs. looks like he needs.......

A BLINKER STONE!
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......nah.

Good question. He can at least feel and scratch at the webs.

And worth emphasizing: He can see Annie's ethereal self without a blinkerstone or falling into a trance state. This guy walks around all the time in a condition Annie herself only visits.

He has talent, and is dangerously untutored.

I'm not sure the talent he has belongs entirely to him. His passenger may be passing it onto him whilst consuming him at the same time. It's hard to say - we didn't see Jack from an etheric perspective until after he had his passenger. I would have liked to see what he could do before he had "Boris" along for the ride.

Ew ew ew, that spider has gotten much bigger.

I wonder what reasons Annie has to not mention that spider to Jack.

That's what happens when you don't eat for days.

Depends on whether it shows up in a mirror, I think. Most people can't see their own forehead.

Still, in that case he should still be able to see the spiderwebs. He can definitely feel them.

He thought the Court was tracking him through the food so he stopped eating altogether. What do you think he'll do if he finds out there's a giant etheric spider parked on his face? Let's not upset the crazy kid here.

On the other hand, Jack's going to find out it was there at some point, in which case I predict yelling.

Is Jack's/the spider's Aura of Spiky reaching out towards Annie's etheric form?

ETA:

Wasn't there some sort of disruption effect on her etheric form in the spider's first appearance? She might not be able to get at it.

If she can, it could take a while - because there are plenty of spiders.

However, I think she's going to need the Tooth.

Judging from the picture and the direction they're rowing to, I would say it's drawn towards the power-station. Makes me wonder, what the spider wants there. Get back home or open a door for it's family?

That new ability proved useful quite early!

Jack's expression in panel six is worrying. D:



It looks a bit like the hourglass mark you'd find on a black widow, IMO.

Just out of curiousity, what do you think would happen if the etheric spider decided to launch itself at the Annie's etheric form?

I can vouch for Jack; rowing is hard for such a distance. At least the water seems calm.


Giant invisible etheric spiders are the torpedoes that sink the ship.


Maybe it's some sort of parasitic relationship with the host? Really, Annie could be vulnerable to infection at the moment if that's the case. Probably wind up like Jack, but he might get better without it.


I wonder what the tooth looks like when Annie's using the blinker stone. It is a part of Coyote after all. Did she even bring it though?


T'is the season.


Probably didn't realize it because we've never actually seen her in both states at the same panel. A most interesting discovery though.

I'd bet we'd find out very quickly whether or not she's been fencing on the side. That, or Rey would try to pick it off. Other than giving Annie a foothold of confidence in this whole business I'm still stumped as to why Jack asked for him to be there as well.

EDIT: Unrelated, but I wonder if Katarina is following them on her antigrav unit. Given her temperament lately I could see her being distrustful enough of the situation, and of Jack in particular. It could end rather badly for Jack if this is the case.