'fucked up' and 'smashed' are both expressions for being extremely drunk, which may be intentional.

On page 7, Nina says 'Everything gets fucked up and smashed.' while looking in the mirror.

On page 6, Kinsey tells Jackie Veda about Zack's first encounter with a cell phone, which is developed on in Keys to the Kingdom 2.

When the kids clean up the next day, Tyler finds the Omega Key in his dad's ashes.Ĭrown of Shadows #6 Cover Art variant by Gabriel Rodriguez Trivia She reacts with more rage and tells him she wants him to get out of the house.Īfter Tyler's left the room, she cries, falls to the floor, and says she didn't mean it. Tyler then gives Nina a talking to about how terrible she's been lately. Bode shows up crying, asking them to stop fighting. When Kinsey shows up and is rather harsh on her, Nina slaps her across the face.

Tyler tries to talk sense into her, but can't. As she takes the ashes back out, Tyler thinks it's best to take it away from her, but instead, they drop it. She cries and screams at him before walking up to the cabinet and breaks her cane over it. When Tyler turns around she has a mental breakdown. When she comes back she sees Tyler from behind, and in her grief and drunkenness believes he is Rendell. When it doesn't work, she gives it more time while she takes a shower and makes herself up. She then decides to try it out with her husband's ashes. She understands and puts the broken stool in the Cabinet, and finds it whole again. When Nina then goes to retrieve the cane from the cabinet, she finds it has been repaired. When she fails, she grabs another few plates and breaks them as well, as the children watch. Later, Nina, still drinking, tries to show Bode how to juggle, using plates. Nina then plucks down the key and they find it opens the Mending Cabinet, where Nina puts her old cane. Bode then tells Nina he got hurt trying to get a key down from above the toilet using her old cane. Bode notices the video and is watching it as Nina mends his cut. Nina Locke is drinking and watching an old home video of her husband when Bode Locke enters the room with a cut on his chin.

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