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Page up. Never thought it would be. Never. Kids with flus, exes with tudes, caricatures up the wazoo, and COMPUTER PROBLEMS. It’s really truly amazing this got done, frankly.
But my goodness thank you to all of you who sent emails and posted supportive messages. I know that life comes first, but I still hate to let my readers down. It really bums me out.
Anyway, the tone changes a bit here after all that dark tragedy. ^_^ At last the Chicken Reference makes its way into the story. 
Big thank you to Miss Cara Stardust for spreading the word about Xylia at Anime USA!! I have an incentive drawing I have been dying to do for her for months, that I simply must do now…
Thank you again, everyone for your support and understanding. Xylia may be slow moving at times, but it will always be there.
Take care you all!
~B
October 14th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
He He. Poor Katharos! And Claude doesn’t have a clue what he said to upset her.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I’ve got to say it – ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE AMAZING FACES! Katharos’ utterly shattered shock and Adora’s laughter. Both classic.
That is all.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Lessee, “kids with flus, exs with tudes, caricatures up the wazoo and COMPUTER PROBLEMS.” Aside from that, Barb, how’d it go? Again, dear heart, you’re outdoing yourself. Adora is starting to look like my kind of woman.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
And poor ol’ Claudius sitting there, “What did I do now?” Has a distinctly familiar ring.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Pssst… “his favorie”?
Ooopsie!
Gorgeous again, Barb. I love the look of abject horror. Poor dear. <3
October 14th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Poor, poor Claude. He never gets a break, does he? If he’s not being attacked by fairy gorillas or freezing to death in an alternate dimension, he’s accidentally freaking out his long-lost sister. Looks like he needed that hug.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I loved this. Adora and Katharos are definitely me and my veg sister.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:03 am
I love how when he says it, the birds suddenly go into shock as well…They like, stop midflight and gawk at him. Priceless!
October 15th, 2008 at 5:11 am
One look of utter schock, one mischievous snicker – each priceless alone. The combination simply must be seen. It’s better than I could possibly describe.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:40 am
why are they scared when he said he ilkes to eat chiken
October 15th, 2008 at 6:42 am
ROFL!! yummy birdies…
awesome as usual barb, hope things calm down for you.
October 15th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Oh, the wicked grin of an older sister getting a good laugh on behalf of a sibling… priceless!
October 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am
LOL
amazing page, i especially love claudius in the middle there.
and seriously, don’t feel bad about updates being slow… i don’t know about other people, but i’ve been so busy myself that i hadn’t checked any of my various web comics for about two weeks now (hopefully that will get better after my college applications are all in, blech).
so if the new page is there, great, and if it’s not… life moves on, you know?
just make sure that you’re not killing yourself over all this
October 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Great page! I like the lighter tone after all the flashback drama. Don’t feel bad Claude! I love chicken too!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
OMG, the chickens!!!!
This is the best inside joke ever, Barb!
October 15th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Looks good and I chuckled at the last couple of frames. Just an FYI… you spelled favorite, favorie.
October 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Wonderful page, Barb. No worries about being late. Life happens, right?
Hey, just something I thought I might point out. Unless I’m mistaken, the word “favorite” has a minor typo in it, unless you meant for it to be “favorie” as it currently is. I thought I’d give you a quick heads up. Thanks again for tha beautiful and clever page!!
October 16th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Chickens don’t count as birds… at best, they’re the missing link between dinosaurs and birds! lol
October 16th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Okay, so it’s an inside joke. Would you please explain it anyway? I want to laugh along!
October 16th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Ok, I absolutely love Adora’s little outburst at the end. That’s priceless… as is the chicken reference. =)
October 16th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Melvar, it started just as a goofy idea from one of the regular Xyliacs, and it sort of grew from there. If you go to http://xyliatales.ning.com/ and look through the main photo slideshow, you’ll see a non-colored drawing of Claude in a chicken suit (along with a couple of her Talismen characters).
October 16th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Nice, happy page after such a dark, long segment. ^^ Just wanted to point out that there’s a typo: you’re missing the “t” in “favorite” when Claudius mentions he likes chiicken. <3
October 16th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
*Huggles Barb* I was going to mention the same thing that Seddy did for your sake, but since it’s already mentioned I need not do so.
Keep the hits coming Barb! Still lovin’ it as always.
And overall, my preference is for the comic to be on the front page.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Hang in there, B. Page kicks buttocks, as usual. Very funny. And I like that the “evil” sister seems more, well… human.
October 18th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Poor Katharos! Her brother is a big-bad meat-eater. haha! I love this page.
Good luck with life Barb! Thanks for the update. ^_^
October 19th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
oh, i didn’t even notice the “favorie” thing… it’s just claudius speaking french again, isn’t it? lol
October 20th, 2008 at 4:44 am
I fixed the spelling on ‘favorite’. Thanks for pointing that out- you will need to refresh to see it.
~B
October 20th, 2008 at 4:45 am
Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t see the entire page – I only see maybe half of it zoomed in wicked close. I’m on Firefox, and I’d love to see the page!
April 10th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
LOL! “flesh eater! bird eater!!” “HA HA YOU ARE MY BROTHER!!!!”
roflmao