Aw, Saturn! Mars just wants to help you, via Ceres, Vesta, and YHWH.
...in any case, Mars looked so innocent a few Fall strips ago, when her heart's desire was to be very very good at killing people... sad to think what's about to become of her...
I thought the Traipse Shadow Slayer's name was Mercury?
Nope. (http://dhscomix.com/comics/comic.php?v=45&p=13) Unless the "Traipse Shadow Slayer" is someone different I've forgotten.
The one being depicted on the filler page behind Saturn is Mercury Crossroads, the Traipse Shadow Slayer Saturn's been dreaming of, not Mars Kembre. That is clearly a Traipse's braid.
Merc and Mars are different incarnations but the same person, so everybody's right yayyyy
Heh, I will admit one thing: it did not register to me that the little blonde asking Jake for a boon was Mars until Lying Foo brought the matter up.