Chapter Five (Book Two)

Chapter Five
Creator, Writer	Tillie Walden
Penciler, Inker	Tillie Walden Cliff Rathburn
Volume	Book Two
Part	5 of 9
Preceded By	"Chapter Four"
Succeeded By	"Chapter Six"

Chapter Five is the fifth chapter of Skybound Comet's Clementine: Book Two.

Plot

Clementine has a dream about her and Ricca floating on a boat together. She lays in bed with her before a suddenly come from behind to bite them, then Clementine wakes up. Clementine tells Ricca and Olivia about the backlog and then tries to get Olivia to talk about her pregnancy, causing Olivia to storm out. Clementine reveals Olivia's pregnancy to Ricca. Clementine says she wants to do stuff, but she has to make it safe first. Ricca then storms out as well, telling Clementine to go fight battles and they'll keep her company.

Clementine then goes to Miss Morro and tells her they need to talk about the dead and the wall. Clementine they can make a plan, but Miss Morro asks Clementine when she plans to do this and says she has no fridge and due to the dead constantly decomposing, speed is the only tool she has. Miss Morro tells Clementine they have to harvest grain, cure fish, and store wood while summer is still around and if not done, the winter will end them. Clementine insists that the dead should be the number one priority and that there is no way to hold walkers and the result is always the same. Miss Morro admits that she is traumatized just like Clementine is and says that there are many ways to die and walkers are just one dot on that list. Clementine leaves saying she knows this world better than Morro ever will and that she'll deal with the dead herself.

Clementine starts making a plan with John and Fen. John is excited about the plan and Fen asks Clementine if she's okay, Clementine says she just wants to fix something.

Over the next few days, the three start plotting how to go about their plan. Miss Morro tells Clementine is she's not careful, she'll blink and realize she's gotten old. At a bonfire, Clementine talks to Olivia about Ricca. Olivia reveals to Clementine that her first memory in life is crying with her and her sister rolling on the floor screaming. Clementine reveals her first memory in life was napping on her dad's stomach and going up and down everytime he breathed. Olivia tells Clementine that Miss Morro already knows about her pregnancy and asks Clementine if she's ever heard of a cervix or uterus and that Morro told her her birth will happen in four or five months. Olivia tells Clementine she has to talk to Ricca.

Sometime later, Clementine wheels over to Ricca's hideout and asks her about her project and that she doesn't want her to think that anything is more important than her. Ricca confesses to Clementine that she loves her and she's sure Clementine loves her as well, but Clementine isn't making her feel loved, instead making her feel like she just wants to protect her. She tells Clementine that she doesn't need saying, she needs Clementine to love her. When Ricca storms off, Clementine yells to her that she said she'd wait for her. Ricca tells Clementine she's done as Clementine begs her to talk more.

Clementine sits by the shore, when she is approached by Giles, who offers her tea. Ginette recognizes that Clementine is clearly saddened and allows her to cry into her lap.

Credits

• Clementine
• Olivia
• Ricca
• Emi
• Anne Morro
• Amir
• John Morro
• Shu-Fen
• Mercy
• Giles
• Ginette
• Dr. Barnwell

Deaths

• None

Trivia

• Last appearance of Ginette. (Alive)
• Last appearance of Giles. (Alive)
• Last appearance of Mercy. (Alive)
• Clementine says she's seen a baby born before, referencing Alvin Jr.'s birth in "Amid The Ruins".
• Clementine tells Miss Morro that she's seen much bigger walls then theirs fall, referencing past communities such as Howe's Hardware, Wellington, Prescott, and New Richmond getting overrun.

Chapter Highlights

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