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It makes a huge difference that it's a comic. Seeing the visual cue of how the character is drawn will go 90% of the way towards dispelling any confusion, particularly if we only see child Lais and...
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It makes a _huge_ difference that it's a comic. Seeing the visual cue of how the character is drawn will go 90% of the way towards dispelling any confusion, particularly if we only see child Lais and adult Lace. It is possible to have a written text with similar or identical names and have it be a plot point, like V.C. Andrews's _My Sweet Audrina,_ but you have to be very careful in pulling it off.