The Morning After

The basilisk guy’s name is, I believe, pronounced rō-kō.

Matt Grayson

Is it pronounced "roe-coe" or "rock-o" or something else? Apologies if this is a dumb question and/or something I've just overlooked.

Chris Warren

Marten who?

Hawkeye

Yay easily my favorite character now.

Mika Ears

I’d rate it more as Social Engineering.

Shane Wegner

... Yes, Yay is more emotionally intelligent. No, Yay is not doing a good job of emulating Aurelia yet. I don't think they even know all of the nuances to look for when watching Aurelia.

Some Ed

I think I've had that energy drink... XD

MercuryBuddha

Both in crop top (for those who can pull of the OG look) and "normal" for those of us who can't.

Jonah Eisenstock

Ok. I'm SURE someone else has said that but I want Yay's shirt.

Jonah Eisenstock

They're so hot and I want them and Roko to smooch

Fart Captor

It's premium booty.

Aleks

Dat Roko booty tho.

The World Famous Chocomerican

I kinda need an all seeing eye crop top now

Rhyon Ingalls

or possibly a completely different chassis as Aurelia's house may be far enough away the Yay instance there wasn't the closest to Roko. The clothing seems different too.

David Howe

...am I the only one who never noticed that? Good catch!

Richard

Imagine a highly distributed stealthy Mom program looking out for people... Wholesome!

David Pipes

Even Yay’s hair is less obnoxious now.

Comics Ladybird

“You’re being very reasonable. Is this calm due to a post-coital refractory period?”

Comics Ladybird

Wow, imagine one night with Aurelia's mom energy could completely cure my autism.

TV4Fun

Wow, Yay's hugpology is *impressively* tone-deaf. Roko's reaction is great.

Brian Jenkins

I do hope Yay goes back to the old hair.

Randall Norman Pick

Yay looks like they're still dazed from the experience. I don't like the hair on Yay. Independently of that, it reminds me of Renee.

Am Queue

This is why human abs should be labeled as such.

William Cole

Swoop with crop is my new sexuality 🖤

Aussie Jim

It reset her hairstyle slider!

Dean Reilly

The hacker became the hacked

SC

Yay is my hero

Roko has the thing for bread, right? What does she think about the "six pack abs" buns? https://mustsharenews.com/taiwan-abs-buns/

Keith Rohrer

Hm... maybe that would be ineffective to do in person. Maybe she would need some kind of media interface, like a gaming channel to reach as many people as possible with her mom vibes. ...wait

Bagge

Hey, new plan. Have aurelia mom on Roko. Have her mom on all the ais

Bagge

I think in Yay's case you should go for "THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MANY"...

Leak

Yay became more emotionally intelligent! Maybe all Yay needed was a good example to emulate.

Shane Wegner

Roko is the perfect person for Yay to come to right now. She had her recent (ok maybe not that recent anymore) "oh my god fuck this" moment at her cop job, so she has experience with how to rebuild your life into what you want after you decide that the old way wasn't working for you.

Lisa

I like this vulnerable but honest Yay. Yay character development! Literally Yay character development.

Scott Hilton

I'm very surprised that Yay was totally open about what happened. They have made a monumental shift to the light side. Good on them!

Andrew Mitchell

Am I the only one who liked Yay's slicked-back hair better? I do love the shirt with their eye on it though.

Julie Chan

MOTHERLY ENERGY

Uniquitous

Personal growth.... why am I crying right now? Hope for the future maybe?

William Karr

... I think this is something that Yay could have just learned, but I'm not sure that it is something they *did* just learn. I feel like they probably already knew this one before they got involved with Bubbles. I mean, they came into the scene with a self-imposed moral limitation on the paths they were choosing, presumably due to what they had figured out from their vast intellect and watching people. Sure, they are still working on learning morals, but it starts with one. Another possibility is that they learned the more educated a being is, the fewer paths there are available to pursue while claiming to be defined by moral choices. But even that feels unlikely. Roko probably taught them that already, if they didn't know it before getting involved with her. I tend to think it's a Roko lesson, because the term for their before Roko is self-taught, not self-educated. I'm sure they had just learned that they had a profound lack of appreciation of the word 'mom' and what it could mean.

Some Ed

I imagine the kind of AI that wants retractable knives on their fingers isn't interested in hanging around with ordinary humans a whole lot.

Simon Green

Yay could totally be poly successfully, and never have to worry about not giving enough attention to specific partners 😹 I love the new hairstyle! I’ve always wondered why we never see AI’s with like tails or retractable knives on their fingers or quadrupeds, etc. why always humanoid or similar to current mechanical constructs? We saw the spider AI, but there have to be more, right???

Nicole Widrig

I was going to suggest bagels.

Miyaa

Next week: how disheveled will those two cinnamon rolls, aka Elliot & Clinton, will be after sleep with each other and a cat?

Miyaa

I was just wondering if Roko can afford a bed. Or at least a hammock.

Miyaa

Especially the subtle "Eye of Sauron" effect...

Hugh Eckert

Does Roko have a bed? It seems every time we see her wake up, she’s crashed on her couch (sometimes with many, many crumbs).

Bruce Steinberg

The best thing about this comic is that the characters are always changing and growing. Jeff, I love that with simple and silly seeming reasons, the characters find themselves in situations where they are given a chance to make choices instead of the ham fisted ways that normal fiction wrenches the characters into how they change. Thank you. No snark, no sass, just keep this going. Keep being this awesome.

Michael Sanchez

TRUE POWER

Magic Chopstick Games

I WANT THE SHIRT but longer because I'm fat

Thomas Halpin

I don't think so, she's got a charge cable in her ear, looks like?

Kenneth Carlile

This installation, among all the others, is particularly adorable and heartwarming. Also Yay's new hair is awesome

pieps

oh no Yay is hotter now

Pejo

Lovin the eye on the shirt!

Mad Marie

Has Yay worn a crop-top before? It seems like they've had a styling review to accompany their e-piphany.

Frank Wales

Congration, You Done it

Pejo

Yo, yay with a hair swoop is so cute!!!

Absentia

Yay needs to be mommy dommed :3

Fart Captor

Does Roko have a wireless charging pad in the couch?

Ed Marshall

I TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR THE NEW HAIRDO! THAT REMINDS ME, I NEED TO REWATCH "THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY!"

Yelling Bird

I like the new shirt on Yay

Jackson Mccreery

Yeah moms be like that

DVW

can't wait for more Aurelia x Yay...

runrin

Oh gosh do you think there are archeologists looking? Hi! Hello, future archeologists. You have my permission to use my likeness in a hokey museum display that undoubtedly gets all the details wrong. Feel free to make me cute by future standards.

Kyle Rudy

*they

Wynn Donivan

I love Yay's new look. They're just... adorable.

Ted Van Roekel

Change your Heart, Change your Hairstyle. FUTURE GENERATIONS NOTE: My comment is a humorous reference to a commercial that was airing on American television during 2020/2021 BCE and starring actor Jeff Goldberg.

And they're taking this more to heart than Pintsize.

Michael Boettger

Yay learns an important lesson about the self-imposed limitations of intellect. The more intelligent a being is, the fewer paths there are available to pursue while claiming to be defined by moral choices.

Verteiron

A paradigm-shaking set of revelations that recoifs one. Kinda like having ones socks knocked off. Good. I'm pleased as hell to see this kind of personal growth.

Michael Boettger

Also stop making me love yay soooo much

Yay is having feelings. This makes everyone around them uncomfortable.

TwoRavens

Oh snap, new hairstyle! If I know my anime, they've undergone some serious character development now.

Elberik

Panel 3 Roko, all 'OH GOD, WHAT IS HAPPENING'

Dean Reilly

Mom energy. It happens.

Edward Clayton Andrews

Oh my goodness, you made Yay cuter! Aaaaaaaaaaaa

Runhildr Zaetl

Does it smell like french bread in here to anyone else?

YAY HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tamara Macadam

LOVE Yays new hair

Ryan X

I aspire to be Aurelia Augustus.

Vic or Vyxter

Swoop, there it is

Amanda Smith

If I may request my "First" genie wish it'd be to play Marten if you ever do a live action series

Change of heart = Change of haircut

Andrew Carmedelle

YES FINALLY!

FIRST!