Did… did he just say “Later, Jan” while talking to Miss Melee? Talk about slip of the tongue. Now the question is whether it was accidental or intentional.
Actually, he used the right name. This whole dialogue started with Mark calling Jan and Jan, being who she is, having no problem talking to her husband whilst doing the whole superhero thing.
Yeah, most of the conversation has the air of an unspoken bet, trying to see who cracks first, but only Mark actually knows the whole situation (in that he knows that he knows but she doesn’t know that he knows) and thus is getting the most enjoyment out of it.
Sure, he could have said “yeah, her new companion or sidekick”, but he said that it was “a slip of the tongue” ….
He had no reason at all to say that, unless it was, or he did so deliberately.
If MM is smart enough, this will bug her a bit or bunch in an uncertain way, until she actually finds out or realizes that he knows.
I would say not really. In the Air Force, at least in the maintenance units I’ve been in, it’s not all that uncommon to refer to the newer (and almost always younger, think 18-21) apprentice 3-level Airmen as kids (and the NCO craftsman 7-levels as “Adults”). Been many a time where the phrase “I/we need an adult out here” was used as a way to say “this #@$% has us stumped and we need some serious expertise in fixing it.”
I assume the “Oh, crap!” is because Jackie is riding near Jan, and Jan knows that if Jackie looks over and sees Miss Melee’s mouth syncing with what Jackie hears her Mom saying to her at the same time on the phone, the jig is up.
Seriously, this whole “keeping the secret identity secret from family members who are involved with her superhero business” was untenable anyway. I mirror Osakan Riot’s attitude, “What, you haven’t told them yet?”. For someone Jan trusts to make her motorcycles, machinery she trusts her life to, she seems to have trust issues in other respects with her husband… at least the walls are cracking in a semi-controlled fashion.
Mark isn’t that great at avoiding slipups it seems, however he’s realized that all he has to do is imply any connection between Jan and Miss Melee, and she’ll go too defensive to think about it.
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Did… did he just say “Later, Jan” while talking to Miss Melee? Talk about slip of the tongue. Now the question is whether it was accidental or intentional.
Actually, he used the right name. This whole dialogue started with Mark calling Jan and Jan, being who she is, having no problem talking to her husband whilst doing the whole superhero thing.
Nahh, he was talking to ‘Jan’ about ‘Ms. Melee’. I like the look in the second panel. He’s trying to get her to slip up.
Yeah, most of the conversation has the air of an unspoken bet, trying to see who cracks first, but only Mark actually knows the whole situation (in that he knows that he knows but she doesn’t know that he knows) and thus is getting the most enjoyment out of it.
Yeah, in retrospect, Mark has just let slip that he knows.
Not really. “Her kid” can also just mean “that kid with her”.
And even if he had said “her daughter” it would be a reasonable presumption, not a claim that he has inside knowledge and knows it for a fact.
Sure, he could have said “yeah, her new companion or sidekick”, but he said that it was “a slip of the tongue” ….
He had no reason at all to say that, unless it was, or he did so deliberately.
If MM is smart enough, this will bug her a bit or bunch in an uncertain way, until she actually finds out or realizes that he knows.
I would say not really. In the Air Force, at least in the maintenance units I’ve been in, it’s not all that uncommon to refer to the newer (and almost always younger, think 18-21) apprentice 3-level Airmen as kids (and the NCO craftsman 7-levels as “Adults”). Been many a time where the phrase “I/we need an adult out here” was used as a way to say “this #@$% has us stumped and we need some serious expertise in fixing it.”
The flipside to that would be the NCOs telling the SrA 5-level journeymen “hey grab the kids and go show them how to do X.”
I assume the “Oh, crap!” is because Jackie is riding near Jan, and Jan knows that if Jackie looks over and sees Miss Melee’s mouth syncing with what Jackie hears her Mom saying to her at the same time on the phone, the jig is up.
Well she is Miss Melee not Miss Mystery. So I guess I can’t blame her too much for not putting together he knows after saying the sidekick is her kid.
Text error in Panel 3: “Talk to yo you later” could probably do without the extra “yo”, so that it reads, “Talk to you later”.
Thanks for the heads up!
Seriously, this whole “keeping the secret identity secret from family members who are involved with her superhero business” was untenable anyway. I mirror Osakan Riot’s attitude, “What, you haven’t told them yet?”. For someone Jan trusts to make her motorcycles, machinery she trusts her life to, she seems to have trust issues in other respects with her husband… at least the walls are cracking in a semi-controlled fashion.
Mark isn’t that great at avoiding slipups it seems, however he’s realized that all he has to do is imply any connection between Jan and Miss Melee, and she’ll go too defensive to think about it.