The painting behind Rory in panel 2 was supposed to be a Jackson Pollock but I ran out of time to do a goofy fake one
This is the managerial office of the coffee shop, which is up that staircase that is sometimes in the background! There is an art gallery up there which Rory runs as his primary business. He likes modern art and Atlas Shrugged, a mysterious combo!
This (posted on April 7 2014) is yet another in the series of strips collected in the book; the book is still here in PDF or REAL COPY format if ya want to know the ending of the story early, see?