As with the previous issue, the story opens with a flashback to
Jayne's youth in Juno, Sycorax 33 years ago.
In the flashback on page 2, Father Franklin
remarks on the figure depicted in a stained glass window of the
church, Saint Anthony, proclaiming him the patron saint of lost
things. This refers to Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), a
Portuguese Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who is, as
Father Franklin says, considered the patron saint of lost
things, people, and souls.
The stained glass window in the monastery is identical to the
window to be seen at the Juno church in the flashback in
"The Gospel According to Jayne" Part 3.
The book and lily stalk
he is holding in the depiction are commonly depicted attributes
of his.
The lily represents purity and the book represents the book of
psalms that was stolen from him and later returned after he
prayed for it, leading to Catholics often praying to him for
their lost things after his death in 1231.
On page 4, the head monk of the Requiem monastery tells the
Serenity crew that there are over 40 million practicing
Christians on the Central Planets and nearly 100 million
Buddhists. He goes on to say that all of the major religions of
Earth-That-Was are practiced in the 'Verse in one way or
another.
The monks of Requiem travel the 'Verse in search of sacred items
from Earth-That-Was and bring them back to the monastery to
protect them from theft and destruction. In a large chamber on
page 5, a number of items are seen, such as an organ, a Catholic
priest's frock, a Buddha statue, Buddhist prayer wheels, and a
Jewish menorah.
On page 20, Jayne's quarters on Serenity appears to
have a "normal" door for an entrance/exit. In
"Government Goods", access to
his quarters was gained by a floor/ceiling trapdoor and ladder.
One might argue that the crew quarters have been shuffled with
the comings and goings of crewmembers since that time, but later
issues of this series (with a different artist) depict Jayne's
quarters with the trapdoor entrance/exit and ladder. Our current
issue's depiction must be an artistic error.
For the assault on the Tax Collector's
stronghold, Jayne preps Vera, his Callahan full-bore auto lock,
first seen in "Our Mrs. Reynolds".
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