Splunker may be beginning to realize that he has been enlisted in Violet’s bootcamp. If he hasn’t caught on to that fact yet, he will as soon as he figures out that those stars he’s seeing aren’t twinkling in a romantic moonlit sky.

In case you wanted to know the origin of the meaning of “jerk”, here is a great example of the dope on the end of the rope getting jerked. I know worms can’t run but Splunker needs to try to escape fast.

Love can really catapult a fellow into some major foolishness.