Kira and the point of no return

Digital illustration of the comics main character, Kira. Made with the open source software Krita.
The very first drawing of the comic's main character, Kira. A dystopic, apocalyptic skyline on the horizon.

This story was initially written in Italian, my mother tongue, and the original version is undeniably better than the self-made English translation. This excerpt has been a draft for several, too many, years now: I started writing it while attending the CESAN comics school in Paris and initially planned on making it a multi-volumes comics series.

Then time passes, the sun rises and sets, kids go to kindergarten, and the article remains unpublished. Which is "terrible, but not very terrible" (–Ursula K Le Guin, thanks Irene).

As of today, I still find this excerpt so relevant for the contemporary times we are living in that I simply don't want to wait anymore. For the project to be perfect, to be ready, to be... So I'll just let it be.

I once read that the only possible creative moment is now.
So here it is (Italian version below).

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