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| title    = Milk
 
| title    = Milk
 
| image    = milk.png
 
| image    = milk.png
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| titletext = It's not hard when you have the same thought like 40 or 50 percent of the time.
 
| titletext = It's not hard when you have the same thought like 40 or 50 percent of the time.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are sitting quietly, engaged in their own solo pursuits.  Without any preamble, Megan answers a question that has not been asked, pointing out to Cueball that he would not be able to obtain milk from her breasts right now, as she is not {{w|lactation|lactating}}.  Cueball is flabbergasted that she seems to have read his mind, as this was exactly what he was wondering.
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Megan somehow knows that Cueball is pondering whether her breasts enables her to breastfeed him at any given moment. (Perhaps he is googling it?) She gives a startingly straightforward answer to the question.
 
 
Megan, like any healthy adult female {{w|mammal}}, is capable of producing milk from her {{w|mammary glands}}. She does not need to be pregnant in order to lactate; some women are able to lactate before getting pregnant, but being pregnant will increase the chances of her being able to lactate.
 
 
 
The title text indicates that this is not proof of Megan's psychic powers, as Cueball seems quite obsessed with this particular topic, although, if you interpret it as a response to Cueball's thoughts in the last panel it could remain ambiguous.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Couple sitting opposed, Megan on couch reading book and Cueball a chair with a laptop.]
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:[Couple sitting opposed, woman on couch reading book and man on a chair with a laptop]
:Megan: The fact that I have breasts doesn't mean you could milk me now. I'd have to be lactating.
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:Woman: The fact that I have breasts doesn't mean you could milk me now. I'd have to be lactating.
:[A beat passes.]
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:[a beat passes]
: [In the third panel, Megan's legs are not seen, probably tucked under the armchair to feel more secure.]
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:Man (thinking): Oh my god. She's psychic!
:Cueball (thinking): Oh my god she's psychic.
 
  
==Trivia==
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{{comic discussion}}
*Someone being mistakenly considered a psychic, while their statement is only by chance was already the punchline of [[628: Psychic]], 1.5 years earlier.
 
*Making random statements and surprising people in case they are true is also the setup in [[525: I Know You're Listening]] and [[2203: Prescience]]
 
  
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Sex]]
 

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