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WEEK 036 / 073 The Heir-Knight Leaves the Field
 Chapter 4The Primaries · Feb 16 – Feb 22, 2016
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 36 “The Heir-Knight Leaves the Field”: sun-hammered fairground in southern pine country, vast halftone crowd past drooping flags along the bottom edge; imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, heavy brow, small intense…
FEBRUARY 16, 2016. South Carolina — the dynasty's own country. Four days before the primary, he carries the war onto their ancestral ground.
Spent the full day at meetings and a major rally yesterday in South Carolina. Great people and spirit. Today will be more of the same.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 36 “The Heir-Knight Leaves the Field”: a distant white mansion behind iron fences at dusk compressed small into the upper right quarter of the frame, a slim dignified man, graying close-cropped hair, calm bearing, a tiny silhouette in…
The departing king has spoken from his white keep: this man would never wear the crown. The words are seized and displayed like a trophy.
Interesting how President Obama so haltingly said I ""would never be president"" - This from perhaps the worst president in U.S. history!
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 36 “The Heir-Knight Leaves the Field”: crowd of featureless figures with camera lenses for faces and a microphone thicket packed across the lower half of the frame, flash bursts like artillery fire; the imposing older man with a sweeping…
.@FoxNews is so biased it is disgusting. They do not want Trump to win. All negative!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 36 “The Heir-Knight Leaves the Field”: tall tired middle-aged man with rimless glasses, slightly stooped shoulders, neat suit, gentle defeated eyes stands in the lower half of an emptying hall, the glasses folded in his hand, eyes naked…
Jeb Bush just got contact lenses and got rid of the glasses. He wants to look cool, but it's far too late. 1% in Nevada!
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 36 “The Heir-Knight Leaves the Field”: Ultra-wide cinemascope victory stage at night, confetti as halftone snow: imposing older man with a sweeping golden pompadour mane, strong jowled jaw, long dark suit, very long red necktie, arms…
What a great night. Thank you South Carolina, a special place with truly amazing people! LOVE
FEBRUARY 20. South Carolina falls to him entire. That same night the heir-knight of the fallen dynasty, at one percent in Nevada, quietly leaves the field forever.
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This week in the saga

He storms the dynasty's home ground and burns everything behind him: the departing king's scorn is hoisted as a trophy, and the great news-fortress that once crowned candidates is declared an open enemy. On the fourth night South Carolina falls to him entire — and Jebu, new contact lenses and all, simply vanishes from the war.

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