1 Lambert: So Alvissa walked off by herself? She wasn't captured and dragged away?
2 Mordekai: If someone had done that, they'd've slit our throats while we slept as well.
3 Lambert: How do you know that?
4 Mordekai: Standard operating procedure for thie... I mean, just a guess.

I bet if you analysed all the strips I've published in this comic, the most common first word used in a strip would be "So". I just noticed it was the same in the last strip too.

It's a good word to start with, because it sets up a connection to the previous strip in the story. Now that I'm conscious of it, I'll probably start using it less...