Original Commentary
I was... a bit out of it, for a large variety of reasons (at the time, it was just my grandmother who had recently passed away- my niece was only sick at the time), so my mind was a bit otherwise occupied when working on this and the next comic... I read the scripts and thought I understood it, but Terrence told me later I drew it wrong. In panels three and four it was Jane and Sandra at the Italian restaurant that was mentioned in the previous comic, with Patrick's line in panel four Sandra's. Honestly, I think my brain rejected the extra work of having to make the Italian restaurant's background and drawing Jane. It works, I think... -Isabel

Actually, it was my intention all along for lunch to be brought in, so that works out. Having Jane show up here was supposed to be "payoff" for the previous day's comic and kind of a reference to the original outline for this arc in which she played a larger role - Terrence

Modern Commentary
I no longer have a version of the script that mentions Jane. What we describe here is awful - new background, way too much action for four panels...

I liked the idea of bringing Jane on. I felt that her Secret Language of Coffee would translate well to describing and marketing aroma chemicals and it would have been fun having her work for Lemon Technology.

But also, I didn't have anything for her there. No plans for how she'd interact with Richard or Sinclair or Patrick. I thought I'd figure that out as we go, and I'm a bit sad that it didn't happen here, but I couldn't talk Isabel into it. All I had was "I don't know how it ends but trust me, it'll be awesome" and, well, that's how I talked her into doing this arc. I like how it ended, but it was a struggle to get it where it needed to go. - Terrence