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quilt

Original: quilt on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Mother (older woman, gray hair, glasses, holding a folded quilt): "This quilt is for you, dearie."
Daughter (younger woman, brown hair): "Oh thanks Mom, it's..."

Panel 2:
Daughter (looking down at the quilt): "It's covered with applique people and... phone numbers?"
Mother: "Every sexual conquest got a square, but never heard from me again."

Panel 3:
Mother (close-up, smiling): "It's my 'ghosting quilt.'"

Panel 4:
Mother: "Light and airy, but it'll stay with you, like a confusing memory made in a KFC bathroom."
Daughter: "Can the next one be store-bought?"

Votey:
Daughter (off-panel, in a speech bubble): "Did Dad know about the quilt?"
Mother (replying): "It was his fetish!"

Alt text

A four-panel comic. An older woman with gray hair and glasses hands a folded quilt to her adult daughter, saying, "This quilt is for you, dearie." The daughter replies, "Oh thanks Mom, it's..." Looking at it, the daughter says, "It's covered with applique people and... phone numbers?" The mother explains, "Every sexual conquest got a square, but never heard from me again." In close-up, the smiling mother says, "It's my 'ghosting quilt.'" She adds, "Light and airy, but it'll stay with you, like a confusing memory made in a KFC bathroom." The daughter asks, "Can the next one be store-bought?" Votey: The daughter asks, "Did Dad know about the quilt?" The mother replies cheerfully, "It was his fetish!"

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.