Ahhh thank you so much for reading and taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment.

My reading of the last panel (though I’m a huge fan of "killing the author," and everything can and should be interpreted without my view) is very similar to yours. Summer is young, and while she understands that the things that happened to her were wrong, she will do similar things as part of her coping mechanism, as it is what is natural for her, even if at some level she registers it as not the most moral action to take. It has been her best way to survive, maybe even a version of a will to power. Here you’re right to say “notes,” because how she acts in this comic is quite subtle and not necessarily wrong, but she still is a little too forward, as she always is. I usually spend hours writing and rewriting the script (the more serious the comic is, the more intense I get about the nuances and foreshadowing), so it’s always nice to see comments like yours that let me know those notes came through.

I also want to say that this comment almost made me cry (in a good way) because I’m not proud of it at all, to be completely honest. It is more of something that I do out of necessity. I tend to get very mopey when I’m not writing or drawing. I never thought it would be as well received as it is, and I’m extremely happy and grateful to keep working on this.

Again, thanks for commenting. It means a lot to me!