Original Commentary
The hand written sign says "REMEMBER SMILE... or else". Foreboding and yet effective. This was one of those comics where I knew it had to happen, but I really didn't have any idea as to what was supposed to happen... the entire script was thought up after drawing. Sometimes a comic's script can just fall out of me after being drawn, and as this comic didn't really have much information that was needed for the overall plot of the arc, it all worked out. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
Sofia could not have gotten Patrick to loosen up a little bit. She might have been able to help him a bit, but he wasn't going to relax while there was that much work to be done. She would've tried to distract him, failed, and tried harder. It would've gone so badly. - Terrence