Not that you can tell from the webcomic format, but this was originally a "full-bleed" page, meaning that the artwork extended all the way out to the edge of the printed (or digital) page.

Panel 2 (or "image 2," I suppose as the upper tier lacks panel borders): Ehh, the arc of Ninjette's sword doesn't really line up with the cuts on Emp's arm, but consider this a use of the fabled "artistic license," dear readers. *FLASHES ARTISTIC LICENSE*

Panel 3: Yeahp, a flashback to the vol. 10 introduction of Captain Katana's bequested (and magic) sword. Ominous foreshadowing ahoy!

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. However, my vast archive of years of Patreon posts—extensive Empowered previews, work-in-progress updates on developmental projects such as fantasy comics The Chaste and the Chained and The Last Party, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.

-Adam Warren