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...SO WHEN THE KID COMES HOME FROM COLLEGE, I NEVER

KNOW WHAT TO FEED HIM ANYMORE.

HELL, I USUALLY

JUST EAT CEREAL OR SOMETHIN' I DON'T HAVE TO COOK.

I MEAN, I GOTTA SERVE PEOPLE ALL DAMN DAY AT MY JOB, I AIN'T THE KID'S SHORT-ORDER COOK TOO.

H EH—YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? ...FELLA?

...YOU DON'T

TALK

MUCH,

HUH?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT

iNFANTICIDE IS ?

IN-WHAT, NOW?

i n F A n t I c ID e I s A n occurr enc e I n n At u r e wher e an A n I m a l wIl l k IlL Its y o u n g .

i N many cAses, It IS r elated to the pA sSing on of c ertAIn

gene pools.

MALE LIO NS,

F O R E X A M P L E , UNDERSTAND T HAT A F E M AL E CANNOT BE IM P R E G N AT E D W HILE SHE IS C A RIN G F O R A NEWBORN ; L A CT AT ING.

i F THE NEWBORN IS N O T HIS O W N , THE L IO N W IL L K IL l IT , cAUSING T H E F E mAL E L A CT AT ING TO S TO P , A l l O W IN G HIm t O Im P R E G N AT E H E R W ITH HIS O W N G E N E S.

SHIT ...

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE

OTHER

MAJOR CAUSE OF

I NFANTICIDE IS ?

a

mAYBE THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUr PROBLEm.

s hor TAGe OF

f OoD.

SOmeTImES IN THE ACT OF CANNIBALISm AND

SOmeTImES

TO

SPARE THE

YOUNG FROm

STARVATION.

THE cHILD THAT YOU dON'T KNOW HOW TO FEED. mAYBE YOU SHOUld

spArE HIM.

WH-WHAT PROBLEM?

WHY DO YOU DESERVE TO LIVE?

THe ORDEr In WHICH

15 MILES OUTSIDE VICTORIE CITY

i cArRY THIS OUT IS VERY ImPORTANt.

yOU CAN'T Be SLOPPY WITH THESE THINGS, IT TAKES SKIlL AND

p REParATION.

i 'LL BEGIN WITH YOU.

...YOU'LL BE NUMBER NINE. AND SHe

...SHE'lL

BE NUmBER TEN .

YOU SEe,

i T AK e

WHAT

FROM YOU.

i

i

WANT

TAK e

evERYTHING...

...YOU'RE REnDEReD USeLESS BEcAUSe THeRE'S NOTHING LEFT.

...NO onE WILl WAnT YOU. YOU'RE THINKING tO yourSELf RIGHT nOW THAT SOmEONE WILL SHOW UP LAST mINUTE AND

SaVE YOU.

THOSe DUmB-ASs PIGS ARE TOO BUSY TAKING BRIBES AND CHASING WHORES .