Quote Originally Posted by David Argall View Post
It does look like padding, at a time when the book i overlong. It does confirm that this is a delusion, and it's not bad of itself, but as said, it doesn't seem to advance the plot.
There are things that don't advance the plot that are not padding. And I'd rather see the comic driven by the needs of the story instead of the constraints of publishing format.

Two things I haven't seen pointed out:

1) The upper right-hand corner appears to be outside the "swirly eye" effect. If the rest of the strip is indeed one big swirly eye, the tone makes it look like Roy's skin.

2) I think we see Roy's attitude toward Belkar in the graveside scene. While Haley, Elan, and Durkon mourn, Roy is walking away, making what looks like a flippant gesture.