Comic #7202: back-2

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Panel 1:
Character 1: "CELINE, YOU'RE BACK."

Panel 2:
Character 2: "I HAD TO COME BACK… ONCE I REALIZED YOU WERE A HERO."
Character 1: "BACK WHEN YOU USED TO PLAY CALL OF DUTY FOR 6 HOURS A DAY, EVEN AFTER OUR KIDS WERE BORN, EVEN AFTER YOU LOST YOUR JOB OVER IT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE A BASTARD."

Panel 3:
Character 1: "YOU SEEMED TO CONTRIBUTE NOTHING, BUT WHAT I COULDN'T SEE THEN, BUT DO SEE NOW, IS THAT YOU WERE PART OF A MOVEMENT."
Character 2: "A MOVEMENT OF GAMERS TO DEMAND EVER FASTER PARALLEL PROCESSING ABILITIES. WILLING TO PAY ANY PRICE FOR GRAPHICS CARDS, NO MATTER HOW ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED."

Panel 4:
Character 2: "AND THAT PARALLELISM IS WHAT WAS NEEDED TO DEVELOP ADVANCED NEURAL NETWORKS, WHICH LED TO THE MODERN WORLD OF AI. WHERE LABOR IS ABOLISHED AND LIFE IS JOY AND WHERE EVERYTHING IS PERFECT."
Character 1: "AND ALL I CAN HOPE… IS THAT YOU'LL TAKE ME BACK."

Panel 5:
Character 2: "I FORGIVE YOU."

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