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PANEL 1
Kettle on a white background
KETTLE
Pot, what's wrong?
KETTLE
What's got you down? I thought you would cheer up by now, Christmas is usually my time to sulk, not yours!
PANEL 2
Pot on a white background
POT
Oh nothing...
POT
Just feeling a little empty inside.
PANEL 3
Kettle on a white background
KETTLE
Come on man, talk to me! I'm your friend!
PANEL 4
Pot on a white background
POT
Cal, he...he was special! He touched me in ways I didn't know possible!
POT
Usually boys just want one thing from me and it's just a quick smoke or a brownie batter.
POT
With Cal..it..was..true...true..
POT
LOVE!!!
PANEL 5
Kettle and Pot on a white background
KETTLE
Whoa whoa whoa pot, you're starting to catch some feelings there, buttercup!
POT
If being emotionally attached to Cal means I'm catching feelings, then so be it, I am!!
KETTLE
But man, even though I'm your boss in charade for the plot of this issue, we are still besties and I hate to see you like this, I hate to say this but...
POT
But what?
PANEL 6
Kettle and Pot ona white background
KETTLE
But if he means that much to you, and if you are this broken up by it, I think we should make the effort.
KETTLE
Let's go out there and find him!
POT
What? Really! This is amazing! I take back all the black jokes I ever said about you man!
KETTLE
I highly doubt you mean that, but the sentiment is very beautiful.
POT
You are not wrong.
CAPTION
If you want to understand this, pick up an Inanimate comic and find out!