Original alt text presented this idea as Phil’s headcanon, but pretty much all of these alt texts are Phil’s headcanon, except when he’s just kidding.

In light of that, it’s fun that this is the one strip where something that originated in those alt texts becomes continuity. I kinda wish we’d done a story with the Gastonian Leisure Squad. We could’ve put them in quasi-medieval leisure suits, even.

Phil’s and my discussion of this page’s original draft probably touched a bit uncomfortably on our own romantic histories. Without giving too many details, let’s just say there’s a point in one’s life where comfort with each other starts to feel more romantic than being still a bit of a mystery to each other.