Strip 846 -- First Seen: 2011-12-14
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Bert at his desk, talking on his comm.
Bert: About 20 years ago the UW set up a lab and compound at the fringe of Conservation Park in the Western Australian desert – I guess for privacy.

Panel 2
Cut to Tobi in his desk chair, listening.
Bert (filtered): Apparently, they paid an aboriginal woman a lot of money to carry the Neanderthal fetus to term, then rear her as part of her family.

Panel 3
Cut back to a close-up of Bert.
Bert: They, and three other Aboriginal families, moved into the compound with the researchers and their families.
Bert: This was done to create a sort of 'community' for Neanne as she grew up.

Panel 4
Cut to a close-up of Tobi, looking askance.
Tobi: 'Neanne?'
Bert (filtered): Yup, 'knee-Ann,' short for 'Neanderthal.'
Bert: Real funny, huh?