In today’s comic, Colin makes a pit stop.
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Kaleb: Mr. Locket?
Colin: Call me 'Colin', Kaleb.
Kaleb: Okay, mr. Colin, if you’re just picking up Hunter, why do you need an hour? That seems like a ton of time to pick him up, don’t ya’ think?
Colin: Well, we’re not just picking up Hunter, Boys. I want you to take me to where this fight happened, and tell me everything you can remember. Try to remember the names of the kits who did this, and what they looked like.
Kaleb: Well, it happened over by Woodfin park. some kit told her she should check it out, an’ I told her that’s where all the fights happen after school. I didn’t want to go, but--
Kaleb: Hey, why are we pulling in here?
Colin: I’m going to buy a camera, and make a quick call to the police. this was more than a schoolyard fight, Kaleb. This whole thing was planned, and man help me, the kit that did this will be lucky to see juvenile hall if not prison!
Kaleb: Wow, I think he means business!
Colin: Call me 'Colin', Kaleb.
Kaleb: Okay, mr. Colin, if you’re just picking up Hunter, why do you need an hour? That seems like a ton of time to pick him up, don’t ya’ think?
Colin: Well, we’re not just picking up Hunter, Boys. I want you to take me to where this fight happened, and tell me everything you can remember. Try to remember the names of the kits who did this, and what they looked like.
Kaleb: Well, it happened over by Woodfin park. some kit told her she should check it out, an’ I told her that’s where all the fights happen after school. I didn’t want to go, but--
Kaleb: Hey, why are we pulling in here?
Colin: I’m going to buy a camera, and make a quick call to the police. this was more than a schoolyard fight, Kaleb. This whole thing was planned, and man help me, the kit that did this will be lucky to see juvenile hall if not prison!
Kaleb: Wow, I think he means business!
Mad dad… Rightfully so too!
I know that if it were me, I’d be doing more than taking pictures.
Too right. Lord knows I hate people that do this kind of business. If I had a little girl and she was raped, I’d be buying a shotgun instead of a camera.
Colin can’t do his daughter any good if he’s behind bars himself. Right now, he’s following the best level-headed course of action: Notify the cops. Document what you can. Protect the scene from any tampering until the detectives arrive. Let the police do their job.
To be fair, the cops would have been notified before they ever left the Hospital… The Hospital is required to notify the authorities of sex crimes, especially those with child victims.
The police would have met Colin at the hospital to get statements and begin investigating.
One would think so, but we haven’t seen any indication of that. There’s no evidence that either Benni or Kaleb have talked to the cops either.
This is Campion’s world and, although there are parallels with our own, I don’t think we can say with any authority what the hospital might be required to do or in what time frame.
I have to balance between keeping the story moving, and background details. I include some for drama, and exclude some for brevity, often because it’s either done behind the scenes, or assumed.
Of course you do.
Story needs always come first… unless it’s story-breaking to do so, but I don’t see this as that heavy.
We could probably, for instance, assume that the police were there and took statements while we were “looking” elsewhere.
Keep in mind, Puffnstuff, that this also isn’t modern human society, while Campy has drawn a lot of parallels what with it being -based- on human society, it’s not going to be exact. That’s before keeping in mind that with “our” humanity, even country to country it varies on mandated hospital reporting of sexual abuse.
I just hope that he remembers to get flowers that Benni can give to Flora. I can’t say I blame Colin for his justifiably enraged state. And like others, an attack on family is something that I would take very seriously. And while there is the part of me that would admittedly like to see proper retribution, the saner side of me knows that is often a slippery slope of destruction and counterattack and the characters are very much on the cusp of a larger, grander life for all. Now to sit back and wait for the tale to unfold…… Read more »
Oh man here comes dad!
Whelp, Jestan, LaRoy and Beth-Anne has activated the the Terminator in Colin. They have no idea what is coming their way. Is Colin pissed? Yes, yes he is. From what it looks like, Colin is not letting his rage over what happened to Tanya get the better of him, but staying calm, cool and collected in order to bring the juvenile sex offenders to justice. From the looks of it, Colin is far more dangerous when running calm, cool and collected when pissed off. I do hope that Beth-Anne has gone to some responsible adults to let them know what… Read more »
Forgot to mention, Colin has most likely earned the respect and admiration of Kaleb and Benni
What seems to have been forgotten, (IF I am reading this correctly, that is: IF) is for me the most important part: There is no fear that Benny has, (except for his Bio- Dad), than going to Jail for his part in the fracas. It has been weighing on his mind this whole time, and may be more important to him than the flowers. Ms. Flora has shown him the first real deep respect, and both kindness And compassion, that he can ever remember. Ms. Flora showed him that he has worth, (other than as a sex toy for his… Read more »