Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. Megan fills this role for Cueball. She is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe.

This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.

[A crowd of figures stand around in the dark. One figure is illuminated by a beam of light.]

In a dark and confusing world, you burn brightly. I never feel lost.

• This was the 22nd comic originally posted to LiveJournal.
  • The previous was 44: Love.
  • The next was 22: Barrel - Part 3.
• Original title: "Friday's Drawing"
• There was no original Randall quote for this comic.
• This comic was posted on xkcd when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
  • It was posted along with all 41 comics posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
  • The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
• One of the original drawings drawn on checkered paper or graphing paper.

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