Non Sequitur - Sunday December 16, 2018 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Nebbish Inside the cave forest. The cave apes have led Nebbish and Genji to a tall, mysterious old woman... Woman: You have returned, just as foretold. Genji: Wha...what is this place? And what do you mean, "returned"? He's lived his entire life in a monastery until he wandered off a year ago! And who are you? And... The woman smiles, signals Genji to stop, then softly speaks..."I'm grateful for your devotion in protecting the treasure. He's the last of our kind." Genji: What kind? Woman: I don't have much time...our race was cursed with the gift of transcendent power. Genji: Cursed? Woman: Yes...power ultimately corrupts. We tried to use it to benefit all...we became worshipped as gods, and the temptations of ego were too great for some of us. We had to find a way to relinquish this power without it falling into the wrong hands, so we conjured this to protect the world." Meanwhile, at the foot of the dreaded wrath mountains...

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