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PANEL 1: FILIA holds an instrument across a desert landscape, a hologram emanates showing underground structures. FILIA: Grand-penetrating radar tells the lie. There was infrastructure here: metros, sewers, tunnels. PANEL 2: FILIA stands by his ship, looking at his instrument. FILIA: The surface devastation from eons and atomics hides it, but the Vinn had a highly developed civilization on this planet. PANEL 3: Closer in on FILIA as he thinks, stars appearing in the sky above him. FILIA: AND they managed to spread from here to the stars. So their enemies didn’t win on Vinnshasha. PANEL 4: Very close in on FILIA as he thinks. FILIA: “to walk the inward road…” The Vinn virus transmits quickly, is maximally transmissible, and is seemingly a universal pathogen. So their spread is unstoppable. PANEL 5: FILIA gestures with his hands as he continues to think. FILIA: Yet they never chose to RESETTLE their homeworld. And there are no Vinn CORE WORLDS that they leave in their wake. PANEL 6: FILIA stretches his arms as he continues. FILIA: Their expansion is only…outward. They are an explosion of growth that leaves a vacuum behind them. PANEL 7: FILIA meditates quickly, holding his fingers together. The background gets dark. No text. PANEL 8: Closer in as FILIA continues to meditate. The background gets darker. No text. PANEL 9: Very close in on FILIA, the background turns white as he has a revelation. FILIA: Spirits! AHMIS, I SEE IT NOW. PANEL 10: FILIA is silhouetted against a mid-tone background, his head glowing white. FILIA: The virus spreads, but it neuters as it does so. THE FINN CAN NOT REPRODUCE. —— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
PANEL 1: FILIA holds an instrument across a desert landscape, a hologram emanates showing underground structures. FILIA: Grand-penetrating radar tells the lie. There was infrastructure here: metros, sewers, tunnels. PANEL 2: FILIA stands by his ship, looking at his instrument. FILIA: The surface devastation from eons and atomics hides it, but the Vinn had a highly developed civilization on this planet. PANEL 3: Closer in on FILIA as he thinks, stars appearing in the sky above him. FILIA: AND they managed to spread from here to the stars. So their enemies didn’t win on Vinnshasha. PANEL 4: Very close in on FILIA as he thinks. FILIA: “to walk the inward road…” The Vinn virus transmits quickly, is maximally transmissible, and is seemingly a universal pathogen. So their spread is unstoppable. PANEL 5: FILIA gestures with his hands as he continues to think. FILIA: Yet they never chose to RESETTLE their homeworld. And there are no Vinn CORE WORLDS that they leave in their wake. PANEL 6: FILIA stretches his arms as he continues. FILIA: Their expansion is only…outward. They are an explosion of growth that leaves a vacuum behind them. PANEL 7: FILIA meditates quickly, holding his fingers together. The background gets dark. No text. PANEL 8: Closer in as FILIA continues to meditate. The background gets darker. No text. PANEL 9: Very close in on FILIA, the background turns white as he has a revelation. FILIA: Spirits! AHMIS, I SEE IT NOW. PANEL 10: FILIA is silhouetted against a mid-tone background, his head glowing white. FILIA: The virus spreads, but it neuters as it does so. THE FINN CAN NOT REPRODUCE. —— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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Posted on June 11, 2026 by Beth Reidmiller

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