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page 1 of a greyscale digital comic. panel 1 shows a covered well in a circle of stones with the text, "everyone in my town is given a name by the oracle's well." panels 2 to 4 show a young couple, a human and an elf, holding a sleeping half-elf baby as they drop a stone into the well, with the text, "parents drop a stone into the well, and when they draw it back out, it is inscribed with a name that befits their child and that child's future." panel 4 shows the stone with the name "tailor" written on it. panel 5 shows three figures with stones and banners under them that read: "barley - the baker," "wilde - the adventurer," and "bard - the bard." panel 6 to 8 show a different couple, both humans, holding a baby and drawing up the well bucket to look at their stone, which has nothing written on it. text reads, "my stone came up blank." panel 9 shows the human father shrugging and then the couple walking away from the well as their baby fusses. the mother looks back as they leave. ALT
page 2 of a greyscale comic. panels 1 and 2 show the crying human baby who is then picked up by their mother, who looks dishevelled and tired, as does the father in the background. text reads, "instead, my parents named me rest, perhaps hoping this would give me peace in life (or maybe it was just on their minds at the time)." panel 3 shows a montage of rest as they grow up - first as a wailing baby held by their mother, then a young child crying with a skinned knee, then an enthusiastic preteen drawing on a wall and rambling, then a teenager in a black cloak with dark eye makeup scowling and carrying and armful of books, and then a young adult looking mildly uncomfortable as they carry three large scrolls. text reads, "the older I get, the more ill-fit this name feels." panel 4 shows adult rest looking uneasy in a crowd of indistinct figures. text reads, "everyone else seems to know who they are and what they're doing." panel 5 shows a close up rest's blank stone. text reads, "how do you find something that wasn't lost? something that might not even exist?" panel 6 shows rest laying awake in bed, staring up at the ceiling, looking distraught. text reads, "how would I know if I ever found it?" comic ends.ALT

“restless” — a fantasy comic about names & purpose