A Family Portrait
‘A Family Portrait’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by It’s Faster With Two and followed by Spring Moon...
A Summons
‘A Summons’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Silent Songs and followed by The End of Spring.
Blue Hour
‘Blue Hour’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Nighthawks 1 and followed by The Juncture.
Cool Off
‘Cool Off’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Night Hawks Part 2 and followed by The Long Summer....
design collective
A fashion and design collective near Zhen’s photography store, in Kashgar. Reyhan is their designer. Zhen is their photographer. Ju...
Emira
Emira the info broker (they/them) is a cat, friend of Zach by way of a mutual friend Harshul and information...
Golden Hour
‘Golden Hour’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by BUUZA!! and followed by a chapter as yet unreleased.
In the Heat of It
‘In the Heat of It’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Cid and followed by Night Hawks Part...
In the Land of Spider Silk
‘In the Land of Spider Silk’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Good Morning Dawlat Al Harir and...
It's Faster With Two
‘It’s Faster With Two’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Heaven Lies Beneath and followed by A Family...
Ju
Bai Ju is a friend of Zhen’s. They met at an atelier. She now works as a model for the...
Kashgar
Kashgar is the city where Zhen lives. It is in Eastern Turkistan. It is probably a mountain town that doesn’t...
Konstantinyye
Konstantinyye is a location. Zhen lived here. Zach is from here originally. Seemingly outside of Dalwat Al-Harir.
Lost [like a Winter Moon]
‘Lost [like a Winter Moon]’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by The Juncture and followed by Third Time...
Meissa Magazine
A national fashion magazine that Zhen’s collective got into.
Miriam
Miriam Farris (she/her), Prime Minister of Dawlat Al-Harir, sister of Musa and Zhen. The people’s elected official, overseeing civil law...
Musa
Musa Farris (he/him*) is a student in Salwa University, and has siblings Miriam and Zhen. Both Musa’s parents, including Musa’s...
Musa's mother
Mother of Musa and Miriam to Musa’s father. Mother of Zhen to Zhen’s father (who was a business partner of...
My Quiet Mountain Town
‘My Quiet Mountain Town’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by New Year’s Eve, Side B and followed by...
New Year's Eve 1997
‘New Year’s Eve 1997’ is the first chapter of the comic, followed by New Year’s Day 1998.
New Year's Eve, Side B
‘New Year’s Eve, Side B’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by New Year’s Day 1998 and followed by...
Night Hawks Part 2
‘Night Hawks Part 2’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by In the Heat of It and followed by...
Nya-Nyails
Nya-‘Nyails’ Nail Salon is a cat-themed nail salon where Emira overhears Miriam and Musa discussing Zhen’s parentage and whereabouts in...
Open Invitation
‘Open Invitation’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Have You Ever Watched Your Mother Pray? and followed by...
Silent Songs
‘Silent Songs’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by The Perfect Gift and followed by A Summons.
Spring Moon at Midnight
‘Spring Moon at Midnight’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by A Family Portrait and followed by The Perfect...
Summersets / Side B
‘Summersets / Side B’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by The Long Summer and followed by Summersets /...
The Fall Out
‘The Fall Out’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Summersets / Side A and followed by BUUZA!!.
The Long Summer
‘The Long Summer’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Cool Off and followed by Summersets / Side B....
The Perfect Gift
‘The Perfect Gift’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Spring Moon at Midnight and followed by Silent Songs....
The Promise
‘The Promise’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Third Time Lucky and followed by Bet On It.
Third Time Lucky
‘Third Time Lucky’ is a chapter of the comic, preceded by Lost [like a Winter Moon] and followed by The...
Zach
Zach Kartal (he/him) rooms with Sam. Friends with Harshul, and both of them work for Cid taking sex-line phone calls....
Zhen
Huang Zhen (he/him) is the third heir to the Chevalier Business Conglomerate, which he found out on New Year’s Eve...