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Panel 1 (narrow):
Nancy tightens the straps on her gloves and grits her teeth.

NANCY (box): Sentiment is the enemy.

Panel 2 (narrow):
Greyscale flashback. Nancy yanking Si out the path of the V2.

NANCY (box): Sentiment is the tool of the forces of randomness.

Panel 3 (narrow):
Si, hand being held off-panel, is all cried out and dead inside as she’s lead through the streets.

NANCY (box): It flattens, it deadens, it drags events out of order.

Panel 4 (narrow):
Nancy angrily presses her thumb on a button on her instrument.

NANCY (box): Effect ceases to follow cause.

Panel 5 (narrow):
Greyscale flashback. Si tells Nancy about her missing friend. A friend Nancy already knows about.

NANCY (box): Sentiment wallows us in cause, we try to change it in our heads forever.

Panel 6 (narrow):
Rab Q holds Si’s limp hand as she’s lead on without effort.

NANCY (box): They seize on it, tell you it can be different.

Panel 7 (narrow):
Nancy’s boots stomp down the street.

NANCY (box): They tell you they can make it stop hurting.

Panel 8 (narrow):
Flashback. Nancy isn’t sure how to react to Si crying in the underground, believing Alice blames her.

NANCY (box): But it’s supposed to hurt.

Panel 9 (narrow):
Si’s leaden feet nearly trip on the flagstones.

NANCY (box): And I don’t need something that hurts me.