fresh meat, page 71 (flats)

finally, the flats for this page are done. i had some neck issues last week, so it was delayed, but i'm kind of glad, since it's a little larger.

i'd like to mention that what whittacker throws back in kim's face here is definitely a petty moment, but it's also true, as lupe was just explaining she doesn't like the idea of leaving, and that's why she is getting to leave. if you don't like LEAVING, then you can, basically, because the purpose is punishment.
when writing this scene, and whittacker, i envisioned that she probably went into this not mentioning that she was married at all, and slipped up in an evaluation slightly before she was discharged -- she had an uncanny awareness that she was going to be discharged, and didn't seem happy about it. it was also the scene where she mentioned control, which was supposed to connect to what she says about her husband and control.
i imagined that fink would discharge her after knowing that she didn't exactly want to leave -- carmilla mentioned about 6 pages ago that he seems like a professional who takes what happens outside of the evaluation as the strongest evidence for a decision. carmilla's assessment was supposed to be an accurate one of fink, without necessarily holding kim or the reader's hand to the next step. everything in the evaluation itself is a performance designed to cause bias in his decisions in his eyes. learning of motivations to perform symptoms to make him keep her there (from his perspective) would be grounds for an instant discharge.

the other thing i wanted to say is that the light in the last part of this page is the day room light, because whittacker has to wait there to leave instead of going to bed like everybody else, in case anyone didn't Get that.