Alien Romance, the daily comic strip

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I wasn't going to post a daily comic today, but the prompts were so good! This one covers two: mythology across cultures (at least the first half of that one) and language-learning tricks.

Cathy explains to Maurice the fascination her city, Lyon, has with Saint Maurice, and he hands her a dictionary and asks her to tell the story in English. Maurice, the patron saint of Lyon, was a centurion from Egypt who was sent by Roman Emperor Maximian to secure Lugdunum, the previous name of Lyon. At some point in his service, he found himself required to slay Christians in the area. He refused to do it, so his unit was decimated in the Roman tradition. Eventually Maurice himself was martyred.

I portrayed him as a black African because that's how he appears in the painting on the Wikipedia page.

This scene is a bit of foreshadowing! Maurice isn't saint material, but he will provide a sanctuary for people in need at times.

Thanks to tesariel and ysabetwordsmith for the aforementioned prompts, and more prompts are welcome!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!