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I hope that's an "I, uhhhh" of "I can't believe I'm going to talk with him" and not a "but, uhhhh you're already dead by 2013"
I think she'd have said so in panel 3 if he was dead (well, I hope)
We can hope, but it looks at least consistent with her trying to find a way to say "But you died in ..."
Maybe she just thought saw, but in reality he was kidnapped by Gluttony and everyone assumed he's dead? And now the timeline will change when everybody is returned home.
Also, since this is semi-time-travel you don't really want to mess up history by telling a guy from sometime in the past that he'll be dead by 2013, that was my first though.
Also, I imagine it's a rather awkward conversation to have.
King has already "interfered" with the "past" in showing the family book to the author. If she has any worries along these lines, they probably won't surface until too late.
Ah but Rosie had already submitted the book to the publishers, King just shows her that it is in fact published which she'll find out soon enough on her own.
Given the fact she's grinning like a fangirl in panels 4 and 5, I highly doubt that she's thinking, "but...you're dead."
Dead by 2013? He said "I should still have my health in your year". He'll be killed within the next hour and a half.
If he has more than an hour and a half he could put something in his will . . .no, then she would have already have had word . . . so hard to draw age, huh? We don't know what year he was kidnapped anyway, do we?
2002
Ancient History.
He's elderly. Look at his picture. He's using a cane. When one is of that age, one doesn't know how long they will live.... Pneumonia, catch the flu and don't recover quickly, fell and broke a hip, etc... My dad is age 86 and he always says that he will die soon despite being healthy (no diabetes, no cholesterol, no high blood pressure, etc...) To my dad, his future health is always iffy..
Alexa King, total fangirl...
Let's hope for the best. He seems old, and questions his own health. But Alexa knows him as "the best in London."
Can we have some cake now?
He says, "Should I still have my health in your year...." which means he's healthy now, at his current age. He's not questioning his health; he just knows when you're that age, planning ahead 11 years is a little risky....
Really hoping that he turns up at the baking contest
How does Ethan know Philippe personally? Ethan's from a time in the future beyond 2013. Did they meet after being collected and try to escape before Alexa gets there?
Meeting after being collected was how I saw it, yes.
Go back and read when Alexa first met the crew. Ethan was against trying to escape because Philippe already tried, and then Philippe disappeared.
ETHAN AND PHILIPPE ARE IN WUV!
Ethan already has a partner, Gary. He's anxious to go home to see if Gary is waiting for him at home... Or left because Ethan chose to work longer and leaving no quality personal time with Gary.
So what happened/is gonna happen to the hotel owner?
And/or Lurch (whatever his name was)?
That's my thought, too: he still has his health in 2013 and is the celebrity judge at the bake-off Alexa is trying to win!
what a lovely, lovely man. omg <3