When Lightning Lady says she’s thinking about “In and Out,” she’s definitely not talking about burgers. Unfortunately, Angus the Minotaur is still stuck on the food angle — and it’s making for one very awkward (and unintentionally revealing) conversation about what she really wants tonight.
Transcript
Panel 1: Angus (off-panel, shouting): “Hamburgers?! You want to go out for HAMBURGERS?!?”
Panel 2: Lightning Lady: “HEY! You just said I don’t have to hide my feelings from you!” Angus: “Tell me what you wanna do tonight, and I promise not to judge.” Lightning Lady: “Ok… ok…”
Panel 3: (Emotion bubble above Lightning Lady shows a Big Boy mascot holding burgers.) Angus looks concerned.
Panel 4: (Emotion bubble changes to a Steak ’n Shake logo.) Angus facepalms.
Panel 5: Angus: “Gods. You are NOT making this easy.” Angus: “I don’t like the food at any of those places.”
Panel 6: Lightning Lady: “I, um… stopped thinking about food three clouds ago.” (Emotion bubble shows an In-N-Out sign.) Angus is taken aback.
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A six-panel comic featuring Lightning Lady, a blonde superhero in a blue-and-yellow costume, and her boyfriend Angus, a muscular minotaur wearing a white apron. Angus reacts loudly when she suggests hamburgers. She reminds him he said she could be honest, and he encourages her to share what she wants without judgment. As she hesitates, thought bubbles show fast food options like Jack in the Box, Steak ’n Shake, and In-N-Out. Angus grows increasingly stressed, facepalming and admitting he dislikes those places. In the final panel, Lightning Lady claims she stopped thinking about food while still gesturing, with a thought bubble indicating otherwise, as Angus is taken aback.
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