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[MORPHING PANEL. STILL UNSURE HOW TO DEPICT THIS. ALDREA HAS A SHREDDER ON A BELT] NARRATION BOX(ES) SAYING: {It was so easy morphing Alloran that I barely knew it was happening. There was no mental change. I still had the same Andalite instincts.}
SECOND PANEL: [ALDREA, NOW LOOKING LIKE ALLORAN, WALKING THROUGH A CARVED DOORWAY] NARRATION BOX(ES): {But now, as I walked ahead of Dak, I felt the increased weight and physical power of being in an adult form.}
THIRD PANEL: [BACK-TO SHOT OF ALDREA, LOOKING AT TAIL BLADE WITH BOTH STALK-EYES. IN DARK BUT SPACIOUS HALLWAY. DAK IS ALSO THERE] NARRATION BOX: {When I turned my stalk-eyes back, I saw the sharp and venomous tail blade of a striker.}
FOURTH PANEL: [ALDREA AND DAK, WALKING ALONG A WIDE LEDGE, PAST SOME DOORWAYS. GUARDS ARE IN VIEW, RELAXED AND CASUAL. LONG PANEL. ALDREA LOOKS CONFIDENT. SWAGGERING?]
FIFTH PANEL: GUARDS STANDING AT ATTENTION. LOOKING AT ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN. EVERYONE IS AT DOORWAY.]
SIXTH PANEL: [ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN, LOOKING STERN] THOUGHT-SPEECH BOX: {Report.}
SEVENTH PANEL: [GUARD, LOOKING THOUGHTFUL] “OPEN” THOUGHT-SPEECH BOX: {Nothing new since...well, since this Hork-Bajir, or someone who looks just like them, came by with Seerow’s child today.} ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN’S REPLYING “OPEN” THOUGHT-SPEECH BOX: {Different Hork-Bajir. But then, they do all look alike. Open up.}
EIGHTH PANEL: SAME GUARD: {Yes, War-Prince Alloran. But the Hork-Bajir?}
TALLER NINTH PANEL: [ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN LOOKING AT GUARD WITH THREE EYES IN CONTEMPT, FOURTH EYE TO SIDE WITHOUT DAK] {Are you questioning me?}
TENTH PANEL: [GUARD LOOKS SCARED, BACKTRACKING] {No! No, War-Prince Alloran. Not at all.}
ELEVENTH PANEL: [ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN WALKING THROUGH OPENING DOOR. SMALL ONOMATOPOEIA “WOOSH” NEAR FLOOR. EDGE OF MACHINERY CAN BE SEEN] ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN: {Stay out there. Watch for the child. They may come back.}
TWELFTH PANEL: [SLIGHTLY WIDE SHOT OF MEDIUM SIZED ROOM. FULL oF EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY, LOTS OF GLOWING. EERIE. Should probably make map ahead of time.]
THIRTEENTH PANEL: [DAK AND ALDREA-AS-ALLORAN STAND IN FRONT OF NOW-CLOSED DOOR, LOOKING AROUND.]
FOURTEENTH PANEL: [SIMILAR SHOT TO PREVIOUS PANEL, MAYBE A BIT CLOSER. ALDREA AND DAK ARE STILL LOOKING AT MACHINERY.] DAK: “What is all this?” ALDREA, IN “CLOSED” THOUGHT-SPEECH TOWARDS DAK: {I have no idea. Some of this is Andalite, but I believe most of it is Arn.}
FIFTEENTH PANEL: [SLIGHTLY WIDE SHOT OF ALDREA WALKING TO COMPUTER PANEL]
SIXTEENTH PANEL: [ALDREA STANDING AT COMPUTER PANEL. THEY LOOK SLIGHTLY WORRIED.] ALDREA, IN “CLOSED” THOUGHT-SPEECH NOW INCLUDING THE COMPUTER: {Computer on.} COMPUTER, IN SYNTHESIZED THOUGHT-SPEECH: {Identify user.}
SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH PANELS: [ALDREA TAKING DEEP BREATH.]
NINETEENTH PANEL: ALDREA, NOW LOOKING LESS SHAKY: {Alloran-Semitur-Corrass.} COMPUTER: {Thought-speak identification confirmed. Ready.}
TWENTIETH PANEL: [SHOT OF ALDREA AND DAK, LOOKING NERVOUS AND EXCITED. ALDREA LOOKING AT DAK? DAK SMILING AT ALDREA] ALDREA: {We will be in very serious trouble if we get caught.} DAK: “Aldrea, we’ve been in trouble since we first met.”
TWENTY-FIRST PANEL: ALDREA, LOOKING TOWARDS THE COMPUTER AGAIN: {Computer, identify the purpose of this facility.} COMPUTER: This facility uses Arn biotechnology matched with Andalite computer technology to formulate and produce biological specimens.}
TWENTY-SECOND PANEL: [ALDREA IS “FROWNING,” BROWS KNIT. THEY LOOK CONFUSED.] {What biological specimens?}
TWENTY-THIRD PANEL: COMPUTER: {Onkalillium…} ALDREA, TO DAK: {That’s an organic medicine.} COMPUTER: {And Virus Q-One-Eighteen.}
TWENTY-FOURTH PANEL: [ALDREA LOOKS TAKEN ABACK. BROWS SHOOT UP] {Explain the exact purpose of Virus-One-Eighteen.}
TWENTY-FIFTH PANEL: [ALDREA LOOKS HORRIFIED. COMPUTER’S RESPONSE IS NEAR TOP OF PANEL, ALDREA’S NEAR THE BOTTOM] COMPUTER: {Virus Q-One-Eighteen is a Quantum virus. It is designed to attack a specific type of living creature at the subatomic level, bypassing all possible countermeasures. It is designed to cause death within minutes.} ALDREA: {No.} [how would I show the emotion she lets out? Mental projections can’t actually whisper]
TWENTY-SIXTH PANEL: [DAK LOOKS ANGRY. ALDREA LOOKS HORRIFIED] DAK: “Ask it what ‘specific type of living creature’?”
TWENTY-SEVENTH PANEL: [ALDREA LOOKS HESITANT. DAK IS GETTING MORE ANGRY.]
TWENTY-EIGHTH PANEL: DAK, SNAPPING WITH IMPATIENCE: “Ask it!” [Aldrea flinches]
TWENTY-NINTH PANEL: [ALDREA LOOKS HESITANT STILL] {Computer, what species is Virus Q-One-Eighteen designed to attack?}
NO PANEL: [COMPUTER’S REPLY IS ALONE, WITHOUT A PANEL] COMPUTER: {Hork-Bajir.}