Original Commentary

One of the reasons Patrick works for Lemon Tec. and not his father's business are shown in this comic- he wants to be known as his own man... then take over his father's business. Miz Taylor, however, has other plans for her newest employee... although they are down the road... -Isabel

Modern Commentary
Stud auction? I can only assume Patrick was asked to attend the event and found out - when he arrived - that he was one of the studs.

Ms. Taylor travels in interesting circles - Terrence

Original Commentary

It's hard to tell if Miz Taylor planned this course of dialogue (with a "leading him on" twist at the end)... she is sneaky enough...

It's also difficult to tell if she is doing this as some kind of long haul plan or if she just enjoys messing with people... only time can tell! But Patrick certainly looks quite eager to fall into Miz Taylor's trap. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
So how does Ms. Taylor know that Sofia has been talking to Patrick? I was going to say from Brisbane, but I don't think he'd talk to Sofia about that; the less he knows about her love life, the happier he is.

I'm going to say that Ms. Taylor is mostly making an educated guess here. - Terrence

Original Commentary

Sofia, at least according to the cast page, is 18. I do not think it has been stated forthright what the legal age for drinking is in YISF (ND has stated it's 21) but you can be sure it's not 18. Although it seems that no one really cares about it as strictly as they do in real life. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
Sofia isn't old enough to drink at a bar. But they're not going to a bar, are they? - Terrence