The person in panel 1 is Mildred’s mother, IIRC. Otherwise, it’s a bit of a muddle. Who would ever say such a thing? Panel 4 is no help.
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The narration boxes in panels 2 and 4 are answers to the questions in in panels 1 and 3. The mother appears to actually be hearing them, hence the thought balloon in the last panel.
And the girl in the fourth panel is Mildred’s mom, the next few days of strips explore how she got That Way. Generational trauma.
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The narration boxes in panels 2 and 4 are answers to the questions in in panels 1 and 3. The mother appears to actually be hearing them, hence the thought balloon in the last panel.
And the girl in the fourth panel is Mildred’s mom, the next few days of strips explore how she got That Way. Generational trauma.
Too complicated.