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Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 9:53 PM
By: Neoriceisgood

You scurry off.

It's time for the adults to do the talking now.

37301: Darius Drake - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 10:21 PM

I suspect that she can't affect Burk, due to the fact that she's a Spirit, and that Burk can't touch her, due to the fact that she's a Spirit.

Also, if Burk can't hear her, it would explain why (beyond Burk being an idiot) he missed the cat saying "No" on page 1470.

37302: player_03 - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 10:26 PM

A bit of symmetry here: Burk's arrival allowed Pablo to escape a losing battle, and Vonesperda's arrival may do the same for Morty. If Morty's lucky.

37303: player_03 - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 10:29 PM

Place your bets, folks! Can Burk punch Vonesperda, or will he be forced to win in a more creative way?

Bonus question: will Burk ignore Vonesperda entirely because Morty is still his target?

37304: Brilliand - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 10:38 PM

Vonesperda knows Evyle's theory about what Burk is... what does she think she can do against him?

37305: Lol. Lmao, even. - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 11:24 PM

lmao morty down bad

37306: someone - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 11:25 PM

Of course he's creepily infatuated with Vonesperda... Does Morty have any redeeming character trait at all? Apparently all he has for him is that he's a "useful pet" for this spirit.

37307: Brownie24128 - Wednesday, June 14 2023 - 11:41 PM

@Darius Drake

The previous chapter makes it clear the powers she stole can affect and hurt anyone, page 3104 and 3111 spell it out directly.
I have no idea if Burk can touch her or hear her now, but he and Alfen at least clearly heard the cat in page 2443.

37308: Charter - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 3:16 AM

Burk sees an actually menacing looking villain emerge from the shadows after beating up what is no obviously her minion.

That means he gets a spooky secretive villain to fight!
This is a good day for Burk.

37309: Aston Whiteman - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 4:39 AM

Ugh, Monty is totally a white knight in disguise...

37310: Baprr - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 4:58 AM

@Charter

You might even say it's... The Burkening!

37311: TaranAlvein - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 7:43 AM

@Darius_Drake: But Burk COULD hear the cat. He recognized it on sight when he encountered it later with Nightshade Hero.
http://www.neorice.com/hoh_burk_2443

I think he just let it go at that time because he wasn't finished with his investigation. I hesitate to suggest it, but he might have been making sure there weren't any other talking cats in Eddstadt.

37312: The Someoner - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 8:02 AM

The dude was simping all along

37313: Zed - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 8:29 AM

We don't actually know Burk's opinion on spirits, and whether he takes them seriously or not.

Burk would love a fight, but we the audience would love to see Morty's reaction if Burk just simply swats her away with an uninterested stare.

37314: Strannik - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 9:44 AM

@Carter

Only if Burk is indeed an esper, or at least has the Sight. Something we'll know tomorrow

37315: Author's Note - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 10:45 AM

@Taran Alvein

You get a "Burkinian Mindset Token" for thinking like a Burk.

37316: Feddlefew - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 5:01 PM

Burk could also be some kind of ghoul or Toby adjacent otherworldly being.

37317: A different someone - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 5:17 PM

@someone

It's a lonely nerd we're talking about here, if he hadn't gotten mixed up in this political nightmare he'd be just another nobody with a boring job and leaving no mark on the world. Not to say that's a nerd trait or anything but when you take it alongside everything else about his surface-level role it doesn't leave him much of anything to stand on.

37318: Darius Drake - Thursday, June 15 2023 - 5:45 PM

@ Brownie: Did we actually see any physical attacks that would work on Burk, though?

And I had forgotten about page 2443, and, more importantly, page 2444, as Burk mentions how the cat's talking on the second page.


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