Author notes

Ch3-38

Othosmops

on Nov. 14, 2022

Panel 1 (Russian):
GISELLE: Oops! Is there really a brand new church in the middle of all these ruins?!
MAJOR PETROVICH: Well, it looks like a church, but it's just the entrance to a bunker. The real church is a hundred metres below the surface. And yes, it is special: the Archbishop of New Axum and Patriarch of Ethiopia resides here.
GISELLE: Excuse me? What's he supposed to be doing here?

Panel 2 (Russian):
SOLDIER: You know what a heavy death toll the Russians had to pay in the war against China. That's why they took in us Africans on a large scale, because our continent is becoming increasingly uninhabitable. The only condition was that we quickly learn Russian and become devout members of the Orthodox Church. To make this decision easier, they invited the Ethiopian Patriarch, who was currently on the run.
GISELLE : Why - on ze run?