Crow Princess, Page 14

PAGE 14

Panel 1

Cora, now a teenager, sits in a therapist's office. A crow perches nearby. The therapist takes notes.

THERAPIST: Do you have this dream often, Cora?

CORA: It's not a dream. I remember it, even though I know I've never had a friend before.

Panel 2

THERAPIST: That's silly! Everyone has friends.

CORA: Not me.

THERAPIST: Of course you do!

CORA: Well, I guess there are the crows and the—

Panel 3

Close-up of Cora's face, looking melancholy.

THERAPIST: I mean human friends. Animals don't feel love like we do. How can they be your friends?

CORA: Sometimes I feel like I belong with the crows.

Panel 4

The therapist looks concerned while Cora gazes down.

CORA: Sometimes I feel like they're the only one's who care, you know?

THERAPIST: Ms. Wood...

I wish I had made some of the other characters likable. If just a little. It’s hard to believe Cora’s living in a teenage Soviet Bloc. But then again, she is different. The idea was that other people can sense her otherness and try to shut her out of their worlds. She’s the duckling that gets beaten up by the hens because they know she doesn’t belong with their chicks.