New Blood #30 Elfquest: New Blood #30
Warp, Aug 1995, colour.
1 New Blood #30 cover FIGHT OR FLIGHT: Kimo worries that he should have insisted he go with Dart. Yun yells that he is going to make himself sick. Shenshen feels he is making her sickññhe's worse than a jackwolf in heat. She understands his feelings for Dart but he wanted him to stay here. Suntop doesn't want anyone to worry when Jethel wants him to follow him back to the hut, "Are you Cutter's son or not," Jethel asks him. Kimo tells the women that he thought there was something more between him and Dart...he didn't even consider taking Kimo. Shenshen tells him he is letting his wolf blood get the better of him. Yun tells him he is left here because of who he is and what he means to Dart. Kimo tells them he is no wolf rider. Chot tells Dart when it comes to the five fingers, "...I'm always careful! They breed like fleas!" Dart is truly wary of having to deal with them. He is sick of hiding. He tells Dodia he will not attack them outright. Chot tells him if he plans on killing the five fingers that is fineññ"Let's do it. You're the chiefñmake the decision!" Dart tells him he makes it sound so simple. Chot tells him, "Isn't it? We're faster, smarter, and have better weapons than the five fingers! Rotten fish guts! We can out live the pokers!" Dart says that may be their best weapon and tells them they are not alone. Two muscled humans with long white hair come outññfrom PeiñLar. They tell them they have Willowsnapññthe red forest demon and want the trio to return with them to their camp. Dart tells them, "You have our interest...and you will have our swords in your cuts, too, if this is a trick! Lead on..." Suntop and Jethel swim up, past bubbles that reflect their faces and go into the human's hut which is partly in the water on stilts. Jethel has never been in a five finger's hut. He smells something. Suntop tells him to be careful, all humans smell like that. Once inside, he tells Jethel it is funny to which his sidekick asks funny like haha or funny woo woo. Suntop tells him like woo woo. Sun tells him they cannot keep any of the things...that would be trollish. Suntop thinks of Savah. Windkin is over WorldSpine Mts. He dwells on forgotten memories: of being stolen away by one of the chosen 8 as a cubling and changed...ELFQUEST BOOKS 5 AND 6...of purification by the Black Snake, she who altered his Sire...Winnowill had a grand vision and the littlest glider was part of it. But this loveless one was thwarted by the wolfriders and Windkin was rescued amazingly by his sire, Tyldak who returned his offspring to those who truly loved him. Pei Lar and a group of humans, including a small blond boy greet Dart, Dodia, and Chot. Dart tells them they try his patience. Chot grits his teeth. Dart tells Pei Lar that the city never looked like her city to him. She tells him that is well spoken and calls him little chief, "Aramak took my child and my people. My son is beyond help...but there is still hope for my city." Chot thinks she has the foaming sickness. A young man, almost a teen or boy with brown hair and a leather cap on, has Willowsnap in cage of branches tied together. Pei Lar tells them the bug has told that Windkin has gone to a place called Sorrow's Bend (yes, Bend). Pei used a tunnel to escape from Aramak when she was a slave. Darttells her that her people do not know the meaning of the word regret. Jethel drinks, "MMMM, five finger good, good!" Suntop drinks, "Tastes nice..." Jethel feels whoever mixes the food mixes as good as elves. Suntop feels as if all the things here have some meaning...like they represent something. Jethel says, "Well, I like what all this food represents..." he burps. Suntop eats a water melon but cannot shake the feeling that he is sensing something beyond what he knows...a little like Savah's teachings. Jethel drinks a jug, telling him to just eat and enjoy himself. A large human man comes in wearing a fur around his back, a kind of vest, "Well! I leave my home and as soon as I'm out of sight, green spirits sneak in and pilfer my food!" Suntop gasps, "Waaaaahhh!" Jethel spits out the drink, "SSPPOOOOSHH!"