TAGON: May I finish?
AKKRO-AFKA: Yes, please continue.
TAGON: Your, umm... sons?
Are they called that?
AKKRO-AFKA: I like the word.
TAGON: Your sons died honorably in defense of their client, comrades, and company. They died defending you.
TAGON: Full details are in this unredacted report.
AKKRO-AFKA: Thank you, Captain Kaff Tagon, for seeing to this personally.
And thank you for allowing me to serve through my...
My sons. Yes.
I do like that word.
SCHLOCK: The report is kind of dry. The fight was epic.
VAAL: *whispering* Sergeant...
AKKRO-AFKA: Truly?
SCHLOCK: Oh, sure. Truly epic.
AKKRO-AFKA: Then you must honor me with your telling, Sergeant Schlock.
VAAL: Okay, but the Bosun has to tell his bit. All I saw of that was body parts splattered around the engineering bay.
CLOSING: THE END...
You've reached the end of
A Little Immortality, Schlock Mercenary Book 17
but you have not yet reached the end of Schlock
Mercenary. Three books yet remain.
Mandatory Failure, Schlock Mercenary
Book 18, begins with the very next strip...