i hate my relatives

He believes the petrol-station customer was his uncle; not being recognized hurt and intensified his sense of family estrangement. He recalls English relatives’ childhood gatherings ending in adolescence, with cousins now strangers, contrasting their distance with Malaysian relatives’ warmth. Night work continues; he fears burdening a strict Nepalese coworker, is £600 negative, and aims to finish five webcomic pages before posting.

Alienation repeatedly becomes self-criticism, yet he persists at work and redirects energy into a cautious creative project.