Dew Line
on July 20, 2026
In this comic, Colin enters the outdoors of solitude.
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Comic exchange courtesy of Comicad.net |
In this comic, Colin enters the outdoors of solitude.
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Comic exchange courtesy of Comicad.net |
I wondered from the first if this would hit Benni hard… for positive or negative, it’s still a major gut shot.
Poor thing; I wonder what’s going through his head.
Guilt. Benni is directly responsible for Kaleb’s condition. TL;DR, he pile drove Kaleb’s skull into linoleum floor at school- literally split his skull open. Kaleb’s newfound sensitivity is a lingering, and possibly permanent, effect.
And the hits just keep coming. 😢
For a character who was difficult to even remotely like when he was first introduced, Benni has become one of the most relatable characters in this story. I can well imagine what’s going through his mind as he tries to come to terms with the fact that his “father” isn’t even related to him.
Technically we still don’t *know* that… Just that he’s not his actual father.
I suppose, given that this is the Apals, he could still be an Uncle, cousin, sibling, etc. to Benni’s mother 😉
Hell, Tibron could even be his grandfather, I suppose based on what we’ve heard. It’s not out of the question.
If I remember correctly, he said something like “Time for a new one” when he decided to kill Benni. It sounded as if he’d just picked him up in a playground. Perhaps he even deliberately chose an otter because it would be easier to convince people that Benni is his son. 🤔
He says it’s “time to cut ties and move on”
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Just got done with my yearly re-read. There’s nothing out there currently to suggest Tibron just snatched Benni at random.
Didn’t they test his DNA against Benni’s? If he were any kind of blood relative, there would have at least been a partial match and I’m sure they would have told Karmen that before giving her the information.
I didn’t see any mention of a DNA test. t was likely just a paternity blood test. But in any case, Keep in mind that this is the 90’s. DNA testing was a lot less absolutely certain.
And they didn’t say that Tibron wasn’t related… just not his father.
Now, all this is unclear just because 1. It hasn’t yet been plot-relevant, therefore Campion hasn’t gone into it in-depth, and, 2. We’re hearing it second hand, thus getting only part of the information.
See, here’s my thing with that; if Tibron were just another blood relative, why would be present himself as Benni’s father instead of his uncle/brother/grandfather/whatever. It’s not weird for a kid to raised by another relative, even back then. To me, it just makes more sense that he’s a non-blood relative, either a stepdad or maybe someone who came into custody of Benni through improper means.
I didn’t say it was *likely*… Just that it was still *possible* by what we know so far.