Original Commentary

This one could really be the most "one-shot"ish comic in the bunch. Basically yesterday Terrence and myself went to my sister's Middle School graduation and then went out the dinner withe the extended family (never knew Denny's had seating for 11 XD), so Terry didn't have time to work on the script. This comic came to me on walking on the way back to the car through the high school (where the graduation was). It was kind of cool, writing a comic script at the birthplace of Namir Deiter. XD -Isabel

Modern Commentary
The original "script" for this comic was "[Brisbane drinks the medicine]". I'm not sure why I felt this was a necessary story beat.

Anyhow, they stopped getting the syrupy stuff that tastes horrible. Now they get the mix-in powder instead. The powder tastes even worse.

That might make it work better; the placebo effect is a powerful thing and the more "like medicine" a thing is, the stronger that effect is. Injections have a stronger placebo effect than just pills. I'm sure a medicine that tastes bad will do more than medicine that doesn't because of that. - Terrence