Now when Nona waited for Camilla’s eyes to clear, and she lifted up Camilla’s hand to press her mouth to it, all Camilla said was, “Thanks.” And she almost didn’t flinch.
(from Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir)
#camilla hect#palamedes sextus#nona the ninth#the locked tomb#the locked tomb fanart#tlt#tlt fanart#camilla the sixth#palamedes the sixth#nona spoilers#tlt spoilers#the locked tomb spoilers#fan comic#fanart#my art#this scene and prose has been pingponging around in my head for MONTHS#i've had the comic sketched out for almost as long#and finally got up the spoons to actually do it#this is technically my first finished comic ever I think?#so that's hype#anyways#it's about the mirroring/mimicking#it's about nona understanding people at such a deep level#that she can replicate pal's gesture EXACTLY#it's about platonic love#and being split from your cousin by split seconds#and it's about grief and how sometimes that means doing things that don't make any sense#e.g. bathtubs with no water#is there a parallel with the bathtub (water) and the creation of paul? (fire)#perhaps not but it's fun to think about