PANEL 4:
A) MAVEN: SO YOU WERE NOW ALONE.
B) DEACON: I WAS THE ONLY OPERATIVE REMAINING.
C) MAVEN: HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
D) DEACON: THE LANDING PAD HAD BEEN BOOBY-TRAPPED. WE HAD MISSED IT. THAT WAS FRUSTRATING.
PANEL 5:
E) MAVEN: COME, NOW.
F) MAVEN: ALL YOUR COMRADES HAD JUST BEEN KILLED. YOU’RE STRANDED ON A BARREN PLANET WEEKS OUT FROM THE CORE SYSTEMS. THAT MUST HAVE GENERATED STRONG EMOTIONS.
G) MAVEN: DID YOU FEEL ANGRY? SAD? SCARED?
PANEL 6:
H) DEACON: I HAD OTHER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.
PANEL 1:
A) DEACON: JEFF, I AM NOT TRYING TO MANIPULATE YOU. YOUR DEATH DOES SEEM …POINTLESS…
B) DEACON: YES, I HAVE MY ORDERS AND A JOB TO DO, AND I WILL DO THAT JOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY—
PANEL 2:
C) DEACON: — BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE YOU ARE NO THREAT AND I WISH THINGS FOR YOU COULD BE DIFFERENT.
D) DEACON: THAT MEANS I AM TRULY SORRY!
PANEL 4:
E) JEFF: SIGH.
PANEL 5:
F) JEFF: ALL RIGHT. FINE. YOU’RE SORRY. ME, TOO. LET’S JUST FORGET ABOUT IT, O.K.?
PANEL 7:
G) DEACON: YEAH. O.K.
PANEL 1:
A) DEACON: MOVE OVER, PLEASE.
B) DEACON: I WANT TO TOUCH MORE OF YOU.
PANEL 2:
C) MAVEN: MY GOD. YOU’RE TELLING ME YOU INITIATED SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THIS BOY?
PANEL 3:
D) DEACON: YES.
PANEL 4:
E) MAVEN: BECAUSE YOU WERE… CURIOUS.
F) DEACON: WELL… YES.
PANEL 5:
G) DEACON: NOW PERHAPS THAT WAS…
H) DEACON: I MEAN, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE CONSIDERED…
I) DEACON: AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT…
PANEL 1:
A) CAPTION: “BUT THEN, AS I SAID, I WAS NOT THINKING CLEARLY.”
PANEL 2:
B) CAPTION: “REGARDLESS, THE SHIP’S CAPTAIN APPARENTLY HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO KNOW MY IMMOBILIZATION CODES…”
PANEL 3:
C) CAPTION: “…AND HE USED THEM TO STOP ME.”
PANEL 4:
D) CAPTION: “PARALYZED, I COULD STILL HEAR JEFF YELLING, TELLING THEM NOT TO SHOOT, THAT HE KNEW WHY I HAD DONE WHAT I’D DONE.”
PANEL 5:
E) CAPTION: “THAT WAS THE LAST I SAW OF HIM.”
PANEL 4:
A) DEACON: MAY I SAY SOMETHING TO HIM FIRST?
PANEL 5:
B) MAVEN: THIS IS STALLING, DEACON. YOU CAN EITHER COMPLETE YOUR MISSION OR YOU CAN’T.
C) DEACON: SO, THAT WOULD BE “NO”?
PANEL 6:
D) MAVEN: YES, I SUPPOSE YOU MAY SAY SOMETHING TO MR. LINNELL.
E) MAVEN: IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE IMPACT OF YOUR ACTIONS.
PANEL 7:
F) MAVEN: BUT MAKE IT BRIEF.
PANEL 3:
A) KYLE: >HAF< >HAF< >HAF< YOU’RE GOING TO KILL ME, AREN’T YOU?
PANEL 4:
B) ANNIHILATOR: NOW, WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
PANEL 5:
C) ANNIHILATOR: I’VE ALWAYS HAD THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR YOUR TEAM OF JUNIOR DO-GOODERS.
PANEL 6:
D) ANNIHILATOR: AND IT’D BE RATHER A SHAME TO ADD SUCH A SOUR NOTE TO YOUR DARING FIRST VISIT TO A GAY BAR, NO?
PANEL 1:
A) MAN: HELP! SOMEONE! GOD! CHRIST! HELP!
PANEL 2:
B) FLUKE: HE’S GOING TO THROW IT…
C) KYLE: HE WOULDN’T. THAT’S CRAZY.
D)COMMANDER: NOT IF HE’S SEEN US.
E) COMMANDER: FLYBOY?
PANEL 3:
F) MAN: SAVE MY BABY! PLEASE!
PANEL 4:
G) BABY: GAH.
PANEL 5:
H) FLYBOY: ON IT!
PANEL 1:
A) ANNIHILATOR: REALLY, SIRCEA. MANNERS.
PANEL 2:
B) PRIESTESS: I APOLOGIZE, DUNCAN.
C) PRIESTESS: THE SUSPENSE OF WHETHER A NIGHT OF DINNER WOULD BE HAD TONIGHT HAS SIMPLY BEEN KILLING ME.
PANEL 3:
D) ANNIHILATOR: WELL THEN, CONNECT THE GATE TO HONG KONG FOR US, MY DEAR, AND YOU MIGHT ACHIEVE SOME SATISFACTION.
PANEL 4:
E) PRIESTESS: NOT WITH HIM DRESSED LIKE HE’S OFF TO THE GYM, I WON’T.
F) PRIESTESS: THIS IS LUK CHOW, OVER TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A PLATE!
G) PRIESTESS: EVEN IN YOUR COMPANY, I DOUBT THEY’D EVEN LET HIM STAND OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.
PANEL 5:
H) PRIESTESS: YOUNG MAN, MAY I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO PUT YOU IN SOME NICE CLOTHES OR DO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR THE NEXT TWENTY MINUTES?
I) KYLE: WELL… I GUESS IF YOU’RE JUST GOING TO GIVE ME NEW CLOTHES-
PANEL 6:
J) PRIESTESS: THANKS, SWEETIE.
H) KYLE: GAHHH!
PANEL 1:
A) HUNTER: UM, YOU KNOW THAT I CAN STILL SEE EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE OF YOUR CLOTHES, YOU MORON…
PANEL 2:
B) HUNTER: ALL RIGHT. FINE. BE THAT WAY.
PANEL 4:
C) ANNIHILATOR: NO!
PANEL 1:
A) ANNIHILATOR: YES. I SUPPOSE I DID.
PANEL 2:
B) KYLE: HE WOULD HAVE DIED IF YOU LEFT THEM BEHIND.
C) KYLE: YOU- YOU’RE REALLY NOT THAT BAD A GUY, ARE YOU?
D) KYLE: NOT REALLY…
PANEL 3:
E) ANNIHILATOR: AS A WISE MAN ONCE SAID: THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS. OR BAD GUYS.
F) ANNIHILATOR: THERE ARE JUST… A BUNCH OF GUYS…
G) KYLE: HEH. MAYBE.
PANEL 4:
H) KYLE: I JUST… I’M JUST GLAD YOU SAVED THEM.
I) KYLE: EVEN IF THEY DIDN’T 100% DESERVE IT.
PANEL 5:
J) ANNIHILATOR: KYLE, I’VE BEEN VERY SELFISH MY WHOLE LIFE.
K) ANNIHILATOR: AND… I DON’T KNOW IF I HAVE IT IN ME TO BE A BETTER MAN.
PANEL 6:
L) ANNIHILATOR: BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS — FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU MAKE ME WANT TO TRY.
M) KYLE: HEH. I THINK THAT’S FROM A MOVIE.