Then’s face in the 4th panel: “Firstly, I already knew so you are wasting my time. Secondly, it’s not ‘some no name company – I know exactly what company it is and who run it.”
Now I can’t help but wonder what aunt Martha might say about all this. And whether she’s more excited of the possibilities or frustrated of the fact she’s not involved herself.
Note that this isn’t the first time Then has gone behind Avery’s back. It’s happened before in 1917. (Note, that was an April Fools comic, and we never got the “proper” version even though April Fools is over, so you need to mentally swap Then and Avery. But the scene is still canon, and the next page follows up on it.)
That time, Then was able to convince Avery to go along with it, despite the breach of procedure. But will that work again?
PATENT APPLICATION!! CLIENT APPLICATION!! Then is selling Sarnothi tech to normalize sarnothi relations AND empower his people. HAHAHAHAHAHA and Brown had no idea. oh this ought to be good.
also, thank you for the link to comic 1917, if you read the 5-10 comics AFTER that, you get the plan. Then agreed with senior leadership in the US, probably military, to share Sarnothi tech. The commercial tech has been in the making for some time as there are seed Echos planted in several tech centers in the U.S. and now the first *big* commercial success has come to light. The timing is eeriily coincidental to the Sarnoth ‘outing’ – but has probably been in the works for years.
If Echoes are going public, that probably lets the Smiths out of a couple of NDAs.
I suspect Then is behind the sarnoth tech leak.
Definitely. His reaction is too calm. Approve or not, he’s not sounding like someone who’s hearing about this for the first time.
Then’s face in the 4th panel: “Firstly, I already knew so you are wasting my time. Secondly, it’s not ‘some no name company – I know exactly what company it is and who run it.”
He could have just seen the ad, too.
Why else would there be patent applications on his desk?
He absolutely is.
Now I can’t help but wonder what aunt Martha might say about all this. And whether she’s more excited of the possibilities or frustrated of the fact she’s not involved herself.
Now for the game of “How much can Then tell his partner without breaking his own NDA’s”.
Then is looking ROUGH
GASP
Note that this isn’t the first time Then has gone behind Avery’s back. It’s happened before in 1917. (Note, that was an April Fools comic, and we never got the “proper” version even though April Fools is over, so you need to mentally swap Then and Avery. But the scene is still canon, and the next page follows up on it.)
That time, Then was able to convince Avery to go along with it, despite the breach of procedure. But will that work again?
THEN!! Tell me you didn’t!!
I sincerely hope we can at least blame someone else for the awful name.
PATENT APPLICATION!! CLIENT APPLICATION!! Then is selling Sarnothi tech to normalize sarnothi relations AND empower his people. HAHAHAHAHAHA and Brown had no idea. oh this ought to be good.
also, thank you for the link to comic 1917, if you read the 5-10 comics AFTER that, you get the plan. Then agreed with senior leadership in the US, probably military, to share Sarnothi tech. The commercial tech has been in the making for some time as there are seed Echos planted in several tech centers in the U.S. and now the first *big* commercial success has come to light. The timing is eeriily coincidental to the Sarnoth ‘outing’ – but has probably been in the works for years.