[[Tamu stands behind a podium, before the current graduating class. He is accompanied by several of the Organeers. The graduating class includes a Campon who appears to be Sasha.]]
Tamu [eyes closed]: Congratulations to all of you, this latest graduating class. You have all done very well, and should be very proud.
Tamu: Some of you may see this as the end of your education, but it is only the beginning of a new adventure.
[[Closer to Tamu we can see that he is growing elderly, the color drained from his extremities and his various fringes blunted and frayed]]
Tamu [eyes closed]: It is easy to fear change, but we are always changing. Those who choose not to embrace change fall afterneath it.
Tamu: Every answer asks more questions; every decision creates more possibilities.
[[Tamu opens his eyes, revealing that his pupils have grown milky]]
Tamu: So it is with a heavy stomach that this will be the last of these addresses I give - for I, too, have recently remembered to embrace inevitable change.
Tamu: Let us begin our new adventures together. Good day to you all.
01/18/2010 01:09 amUnofficial followup: Transcript for strip #246.5
[[After the graduation ceremony. Sasha is wearing graduation robes.]]
Juni: Congratulations, Sasha! Do you know where you'll go next?
Sasha: Not yet, except that it will not be back home. They have marked me not-Tzernikov.
Juni: [sadly] I know. Your sister Valya-
Sasha: Ex-sister.
Juni: uh, ex-sister, told me that might happen... You're just Sasha now?
Sasha: I am not-Tzernikov.
Juni: Sasha... you were really there for me when everything went kind of breezeways, and I don't have any siblings... if you like, you can use my name.
Sahsa: Thank you, YU-NI, I am honored. But I must decline. I must earn my own hivename now, and until then "just Sasha" will be sufficient.
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Juni: Congratulations, Sasha! Do you know where you'll go next?
Sasha: Not yet, except that it will not be back home. They have marked me not-Tzernikov.
Juni: [sadly] I know. Your sister Valya-
Sasha: Ex-sister.
Juni: uh, ex-sister, told me that might happen... You're just Sasha now?
Sasha: I am not-Tzernikov.
Juni: Sasha... you were really there for me when everything went kind of breezeways, and I don't have any siblings... if you like, you can use my name.
Sahsa: Thank you, YU-NI, I am honored. But I must decline. I must earn my own hivename now, and until then "just Sasha" will be sufficient.