Fainting Spells

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Sleep, page 6

Biev

on May 7, 2007

The secret is out! It hints at the valium scene from chapter 2, which you may or may not remember. I was hoping you would all brush it off as a joke when you first read it. I guess I need to apologize to the people who complimented my sense of humor without knowing that the joke had such disastrous consequences : P Obviously, she took the valium, but if I had shown her taking it, you would have known something was up! Past the initial surprise, it's going to be hard to portray Jade's guilt in the next few pages. In her defense, she didn't know that Aude was on medication.

I won't go into details in the comic itself because it would detract from where I'm trying to bring the story, but I'm sure you're curious to know what medicine she was taking. Well, Aude feels a lot of pressure to perform, and as a result she tends to set the bar too high, over-exerting herself and then getting discouraged when she can't reach her goals. Her doctor quickly jumped to the conclusion that she was manic-depressive (bipolar), and gave her lithium to deal with the "manic" phases. Personally, I think finding a good shrink would have been more help, but this is what happens when people rely on pills to solve all their problems!

Biev