Transcript

Panel One: Yello asks their friend Kat, “So, Kat, are you nervous about life after you graduate?” Kat responds, “Nah, not really…”

Panel Two: Kat shrugs and says, “It’s not like it’ll be that different than the rest of my lived experience up until this point or anything like that.”

The panels shift to a different color scheme, showing us a new part of the comic.

Panel Three: The panel is labeled as “Pre-K.” A young Kat is being lead out of the door. Her parent says, “Okay, time for preschool kiddo.” Kat shouts, “Yay! School!”

Panel Four: The panel is labeled as “Kindergarden.” Kat, wearing a propeller hat and eagerly holding onto her backpack, walks to the door. A parent, off-screen, says, “You sure you can get there okay?” She responds, “Yah! I love school!”

Panel Five: The panel is labeled as “Elementary school.” A slightly older Kat stands at the door, yelling back towards her parents, “Okay I gotta go to school bye!” She’s wearing a Pikachu shirt and silly bands on her arms.

Panel Six: The panel is labeled as “Middle school.” Kat is now in her teenage emo phase. With dyed hair and a moody additude, she tells her parents, “ugh. Be back afters school.”

Panel Seven: The panel is labeled as “High school.” Kat wears a jacket covered in pins and is eating toast as she runs out the door. She shouts, “Sorry, gotta rush! GSA meets before first period!”

Panel Eight: The panel is labeled as “College.” Young adult Kat walks out of the door, holding a large art portfolio. She says, “Okay, roomies, see ya after class.” A chorus of voices responds, “Byeeeee!”

Panel Nine: The panel is labeled as “Post-college.” Kat stands at the door, looking at it with a moment of pause.

Panel Ten: Kat opens the door, which swings past the panel border. She steps outside of the comic, saying to herself, “I guess it’s time for something new.”