Quote Originally Posted by John Campbell View Post
The thing is, she clearly does need to talk, because he's been doing that thing where the talking character begins responses by paraphrasing back what the non-verbal character isn't saying for the audience's benefit.
Right, this.

If Niomi was just talking about what they were doing, and Florence was just following along, I don't think it would feel so weird. But Niomi is acting like she's having a conversation with a character who hasn't said anything for over ten strips and it's just weirdly uncomfortable.