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Transcript

• "Overhead I can count
  the seven stars of the dipper,
  and imagine I hear the noise
  of the milky way as it flows...
• [the Machito flies in space]
• The sun's been pushed below
  the westernmost horizon
  a clear autumn moon
  is trying to rise in the east
• [the Machito flies towards Du Fu]
• Because of clouds, we see
  only shreds of the great mountain.
  The clear river and the muddy river
  mix together and are lost.
• [the Machito flies over a mountainous landscape]
• Down below you can't see much,
  becasue of all the mist.
  How can we even be sure...
  
• [the Machito flies over a cityscape]
• ... that this is our great Empire?"
  -The Chinese poet Du Fu, writing in 753
• [the Machito lands]
• [while Nosh, the former Vinn, Orla, Fernando, Taneel, Skitter and Cuddow disembark, the Machito's pneumatics go TSSSSSSH!, Tssssssh! and Tssssssh!]
• [a sign with the Du Fu logo reads "No entry without TS-4 pass or"]
• Nyx #1: Ni hao, ship riders.
• Nyx #2: And welcome to Du Fu.

Trivia

• This page is called "How can we even be sure that this is our great Empire?"
• This is the first appearance of these Nyx.
• The mountainous landscape panel is available as a 4K wallpaper for Patreon supporters.
• That third panel is reminiscient of traditional Chinese illustration.
• The Chinese poet Du Fu is considered to be the bestest Chinese poet for 1300 years. Also regarded as bizarre and daring by contemporaries. Loyal to the government.
• The page design warrants an animation: