“Hot and Mysterious” by Kristen Lee.

Transcript

Panel 1: A girl is sitting on a bench while scrolling on her laptop. In the background, two people discuss masks.

Panel 2: A person in a yellow shirt approaches the girl and asks, “Why are you wearing a mask young lady?”

Panel 3: The girl responds with, “because Covid is still real and I have asthma. I have yet to get Covid and I really don’t want to get Covid. It would be kind of unfortunate if I did especially since it’s my senior year and I have a lot of projects to do—”

Panel 4: The two people stare at her blankly.

Panel 5: The girl states, “it makes me look hot and mysterious.”

Panel 6: The person in the yellow shirt responds with “Oh! That makes sense!”