It’s true. Even avatars get the blues, as I’ve said many times before. The ultimate cure for that burned-out-hulk state of mind is to get away, to get down and dirty, clean and simple, to stand still in the center of the silence. There’s a garden in there, in the desert of your heart, where ripened fruit hang low on the tree of life, and where cool, sparkling water quickly quenches the mind’s thirst. I’ve always found it more pleasant in the long run to check myself out, anyway, than to check myself in – if ya know what I mean.

The setting in the final panel is Patch Thibaud’s newest Second Life build, Ciudad de Mexico; a nice place to take your dark side for a ride.