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...and their telepathic rapport is some of CC's heaviest subtext and really reminds that while Dani & Illyana have grown closer since her introduction to the book, *Rahne* is Dani's best friend.

The contrast between Dani's giggles & the doctor's awful news is deeply tragic...

Under Sienkiewicz (really going to need to rename this account if I keep my fan-boying up), Rahne's transition form is given new dimension–an artistic benefit of her genetic and chemical tampering by the creators of Cloak and Dagger.

Rahne's request to wear Dani's belt...

...the same emotional dynamic in writing. Most of NM #19 takes place in a hospital–a visual callback to Sienkiewicz's first (I believe*) issue on the Run, UXM #159–where Dani's grievous wounds are being triaged in surgery, the doctor's prognosis grim.

Yesterday, I wrote about...

...Claremont heading toward the peak of his writing prowess on the Run.

Parallel to the issues of Uncanny X-Men we've been reading that focus more on the quiet, emotional moments the team lives through in between battles, the New Mutants book has also trended toward...

Even before we get to it, the page-turn reveal of the terrible outcome of Dani's fight with the Demon Bear is drawn directly on the kids' faces.

We don't need to see Dani to know that something truly awful has happened to the young girl...

...away from the Mansion's comforts to confront this personal (but quite literal demon).

There's a reason the Demon Bear Saga is among the New Mutant's most famous stories, and the reason is easily the incredible, unforgettable work Sienkiewicz turns in.

With the Demon Bear...

...a confused and horrified Rachel runs away from Illyana at the door.

I often think of these two characters in relation to their subtextual relationships with Kitty, but had completely forgotten that Rachel's first contact with the Mansion after her return was actually Illyana.

...capture by Emma Frost, Dani & Illyana look on from the Danger Room's control room as the two girls recap the series' last arc.

Knowing that Kitty is busy in Japan dealing with that whole thing... it's a nice (and sapphic) touch to see Lockheed left in her best friend's care.

The story closes at an ice parlor, and... that's it. The story ends. Logan implies Kitty is forever changed by Ogun, but is she really?

This series premised itself on Kitty's transition toward adulthood. It ends with her looking more childish than ever.

(Tomorrow: Demon Bear!)

...from Logan's historical ties here. It's wishful thinking, but the less time we spend in Logan's... honestly, Orientalist past... (at least for me), the better.

Just Yukio and Mariko content from here on out, please. (I did love Yukio instructing Logan to remind Storm of her.)