Aw, don't worry, little Twi - I don't thinkthe drill instructors are like R. Lee Ermey! And this particular drill instructor (the one in Swirling Star's imagination, anyway) is none other than Scope, whoperpetually grumpy in public, but has a softer side too. His cameo here is a reward for my first sponsor at the "Princesses" tier on my Patreon - as a one-time reward, Princesses-tier patrons get to request a character of their design be included in the background of a future comic (or, if they prefer, a commissioned standalone art piece). They also get access to layered Photoshop-format versions of the comics, with all the original roughs, sketches, effects layers and everything intact, so they can see how I put my comics together.Sponsors on my Patreon page get early access to all completedcomics two days before they appear here on DeviantArt, and other rewards include high-res versions of all my comics, and access to work-in-progress previews of comics as I work on them.Thanks again to Scope for being a patron.