Strip 694 -- First Seen: 2011-05-03
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QV on a short break

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In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.

Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Chang and Ed in Ed's recovery room.
Ed: They have autodocs on Terra, don't they?
Chang: Officially, no. Nanotech, biotech and AI 'expert systems' are largely banned on Earth.

Panel 2
Chang and Ed.
Chang: If you had gotten the same wound on Earth, you would have died, for real.
Ed: 'Officially …?'

Panel 3
Medium shot of Chang.
Chang: It's an open secret that the rich and politically connected buy Martian autodocs; they always have them nearby.
Chang: Not the same here, I take it.

Panel 4
Ed and Chang. Ed speaking, Chang just looking thoughtful.
Ed: They're everywhere. Everybody has them at home.
Ed: Ditto for work-sites, stores, theaters, restaurants, transportation hubs, and so on.