EXTINCTION, now available as part of the ShortBox Comics Fair!
A Legion land survey finds something they cannot identify on the border between the steppe-cities and the lands of the Wildercourt. To ascertain the nature of their strange discovery, the Legion solicits help from the wife and curator to the scientific legacy of the late Dr. Sorsa. Dr. Sorsa’s widow travels to the borders to find an enlightening truth - one which might finally land a decisive conclusion to the Sorsa legacy.
CW: death, body horror, depictions of dead people and animals
"A few significant findings emerged. The birds engaged in most calls for the maximum allowed time. They formed strong preferences—in the preliminary pilot study, Cunha’s bird Ellie, a Goffin’s cockatoo, became fast friends with a California-based African grey named Cookie. “It’s been over a year and they still talk,” Cunha says.
"According to Kleinberger, the types of vocalizations the birds used suggested they were mirroring the call and response nature they engage in in the wild—“hello, I’m here!” in parrot-speak."