Strip 196 -- First Seen: 2009-06-15
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Panel 1
Large panel, establishing shot of “the berg,” a giant chunk of ice, shaped more or less like a potato, about 250 meters long and 200 meters thick. It is a mottled blue-grey, with several cracks and a few crevasses, and some whitish highlights.

Hanging about 200 yards off to one side is Chang Li's ship, which is about twice the size of Little Toot. It's something like a house-boat, providing permanent quarters for Li, who wanders around the belt finding things like giant icebergs or iron rocks for sale to buyers.

Little Toot itself is easing over towards Chang's ship. The stealth ship is not visible.

Caption: When the brothers arrived at the berg, they noticed it was not rotating at all.

Caption (2): Not an easy trick with any large body.

Panel 2
Aboard Li's ship. Li and the Brothers are in a sort of living room/parlor, with extensive traditional Chinese décor, perched on ergonomic kneeling chairs (bolted to the deck) which allow them to anchor themselves by hooking their ankles under the shin-pad.
Examples: http://homedecorators.com/images/items/large/l32369.jpg
http://www.ppsergo.com.au/images2008/Kneeling-Chair-1425_360.jpg
They are sipping tea through straws embedded in covered tops of otherwise traditional teacups. If room permits show a tea service on a table. The idea is to portray a social occasion.
Ernie: The berg has no angular momentum. You didn't have to do that.

Li: I chipped off some reaction mass anti-spinward and sold it to a buyer for a few grams.

Panel 3
3-shot of Li and the brothers. Li is taking a sip of his tea, the brothers are looking happy.

Li: I hope you don't mind.

Bert and Ernie in unison: No problem!