Far Out There

(Historical Notes:  This was a kind of an odd narrative choice, but Past Me realized that there was already too much introducing and relationship establishing happening right now to bog things down further with Tabitha also being in the mix.  Instead, I had her swoop in juuust long enough for everybody to be aware of who everybody else was, so that later on when I COULD have a more extended “getting to know you” scene between Tabitha and The Boys, we could just jump straight in.  It’s still a clunky bit of pacing, and I wish Past Me had been ahead of the curve enough to re-work these pages a few more times, but you’ve seen how filler and late updates were happening.  I clearly wasn’t in a position to sand the rough edges off of any ideas.  And speaking of which…)