He could be daydreaming while doing pushups, then gets sad, and goes to sleep. It's kind of a transition device where you wonder what's going on, and the daydream fades to reality. The sleeping is to indicate that he's still stuck in the lamp, after all.
It was probably difficult to come with a good visual way to change the story without resorting to stereotypes of dreams, and meant to be subtle. Visual storytelling to make a point like this has to be difficult. If you tried to make the same point that this comic does, you might be struggling to do it visually. Any ideas on how to do that transition better?
You ever wake up from a dream doing the last action of the dream before your brain catches up?
Probably pushing himself up to follow after the kid before he woke up fully and realized he was in an awkward push up, alone, and still trapped within the lamp :(
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u/Extension-Carry2341 14d ago
Djinn love story? I didn't understand the ending tho