Transcript

Panel 1: The title, “Senior Year Part 3: Are You Going Home?” floats in a forested landscape.

Panel 2: Ellie sits on their porch in the rain with their headphones on and a single tear running down their cheek. An arrow saying, “Me crying listening to Willie Nelson” points at their face and the caption reads, “I always get homesick around the fall. It really started sophomore year when I moved off campus.

Panel 3:  A map of Washington State with a star just southwest of Seattle labeled “My hometown” The caption reads, “I’m from Washington State”

Panel 4: Ellie standing, pointing a thumb toward the Chicago skyline behind them and saying, “How the fuck are cities this BIG?” The caption reads, “So Chicago is very different.”

Panel 5:  Ellie standing on a cliff overlooking the Puget Sound. Their frame is small in comparison to the landscape. The caption reads, “I miss the rain, the trees, the ocean. I miss the air.”

Panel 6:  Ellie talking to a nondescript person. The person asks, “Do you think you’ll wind up moving home someday?” and Ellie responds, “Oh um… Maybe one day… I don’t know.” The caption reads, “But as I’ve gotten older, I don’t really know where home is anymore.”

Panel 7: A tree-lined road running down a hill with a street sign in the foreground that reads, “Welcome to Covington Tree City USA.” The caption says, “Is it the place and the community that made me?”

Panel 8:  Ellie sitting with two of their friends in a park with the city in the distance. A plane is flying overhead. The caption says, “Or is it the place and the community where I got to make myself?”