Comic #4506: dying-wish

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1. Panel 1:
   • Person in bed: "When I die, I want to be cremated and have my ashes put under an apple tree."
2. Panel 2:
   • Person in bed: "Then, wait a season. Let the tree consume those nutrients. Let it draw me into itself and produce fruit, showing that there is not old nor new, only changing forms."
3. Panel 3:
   • Person in bed: "Then harvest those apples and turn them into a sweet cider."
   • Other person: "Invite my children over for cider and pork chops. Then, after they've eaten, stand and say 'YOU'VE EATEN YOUR OWN MOTHER! YOU FOOLS! IT WAS YOUR OWN MOTHER!'"
4. Panel 4:
   • Other person: "They'll spend a few minutes crying and vomiting, then you tell them about the whole apple tree thing!"
5. Panel 5:
   • Other person: "I think we'll just have a normal funeral."
   • Person in bed: "GOD WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT OF DYING THEN?"