Comic #4190: path-of-a-hero

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Panel 1:

• Character on the left: "FATHER! ADVENTURE CALLS ME! I MUST LEAVE THIS SHELTERED LIFE BEHIND AND VENTURE FORTH!"
• Character on the right: "NO! YOU MUST STICK TO THE FAMILY BUSINESS OF FARMING BEETS AND BEING RELENTLESSLY PROVINCIAL!"

Panel 2:

• Character on the left: "DAD, EVERY HERO STORY STARTS OFF LIKE THIS. THEN, THE YOUNG MAN BREAKS FREE, BRAVES DANGER, AND RETURNS, WIZEDENED AND POWERFUL."
• Character on the right: "THAT'S CALLED SURVIVOR BIAS."

Panel 3:

• "ADVENTURERS WHO WENT A LONG TIME WITHOUT GETTING KILLED TENDED TO HAVE BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT THEM. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ALWAYS WENT THAT WAY FOR EVERYONE. NOBODY WANTS TO READ ABOUT THE HERO WHO LEFT THE FARM AND IMMEDIATELY GOT STABBED BY HIGHWAYMEN."

Panel 4:

• "THE ONLY THING YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH BY ADVENTURING BEYOND THE FARM IS THAT YOU'LL DECREASE THE GENE POOL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TERRIBLE AT UNDERSTANDING BASIC STATISTICAL CONCEPTS."

Panel 5:

• Character on the left: "YOU CANNOT STAY ME FROM MY DESTINY, FATHER!"

Panel 6:

• Label at the top: "LATER…"
• Character in the center: "THIS SUCKS."
• Two shadowy figures on either side.

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