monks

A caption above the comic reads: "There should be a society of monks dedicated to absorbing people's awkward moments." In the panel, a woman in an orange shirt with brown hair stands with her hands clasped, facing a tall hooded figure in a yellow-green monk's robe whose face is hidden in shadow. The monk raises its arms and intones: "That time you thought Eric was offering to buy you a drink, but he was actually talking to the attractive bartender behind you... That is no longer yours. With this cringe, I take it into my body and leave you unburdened. Amen." The woman replies, "Amen." In the votey aftercomic, the monk is shown in black silhouette, head bowed, saying: "The socks and sandals are the hairshirt of our order" — the joke being that wearing socks with sandals is the order's chosen form of penitential discomfort.