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MAX · Season 1 · Part 1 of 5

I Would’ve Been Graduating.

Parts · 5 in this arc
  1. 1. I Would’ve Been Graduating.
  2. 2. I’m Working on It.
  3. 3. I Didn’t Ask for a Plan.
  4. 4. What Would Count as Trying?
  5. 5. Finished Isn’t Forever.

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MAX — Everybody Else Kept Going, Part 1: I Would’ve Been Graduating. Full transcript follows.
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Panel 1: Corner Press, break time. Max looks at her phone while eating lunch.

Panel 2: A former classmate’s post reads: “Graduating this May. It’s official!”

Panel 3: Max thinks: “I would’ve been graduating with them.”

Panel 4: An off-panel coworker asks: “Max, can you check this before we print?” Max: “Yeah. Coming.”

Panel 5: Max checks a print: “The date’s too close to the edge. It’ll get cut off.”

Panel 6: Coworker: “Good catch.” Max puts the work in the ready-to-print tray and thinks: “So why do I still feel behind?”

Closing question: What progress gets harder to see when you’re watching someone else’s timeline?