So in panel 2 the paint-spattered figure looks humanoid — head, jawline, shoulder, and arm. We still don’t know yet whether it’s dittoes that have taken that shape and made themselves invisible, or some entity we haven’t seen yet in this strip until now.
Regarding Duffy’s comment about Benny, we-the-readers still don’t know whether Benny is really dead or just captured. Either way, Duffy is either being brave or being foolish, wanting to take on that thing with a knife.
So in panel 2 the paint-spattered figure looks humanoid — head, jawline, shoulder, and arm. We still don’t know yet whether it’s dittoes that have taken that shape and made themselves invisible, or some entity we haven’t seen yet in this strip until now.
Regarding Duffy’s comment about Benny, we-the-readers still don’t know whether Benny is really dead or just captured. Either way, Duffy is either being brave or being foolish, wanting to take on that thing with a knife.