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This is a preview of: Phoebus Krumm

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Four Panels

PANEL ONE (upper lefthand quarter of page)

Lia, hands up in an explanatory gesture.

Lia: 'I have striven, my entire life, to slow this trend, with the
find hope of eventually reversing it.'

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PANEL TWO (upper righthand quarter of page)

Three-shot. Demondion-Echeverria looks pained and defensive. Krumm
is close to laughter.

Lia: 'Still, there are many, in and out of the Monopolity, who strive
equally hard to maintain their supply of domesticated people -- human
dogs.'

Demondion-Echeverria: 'Surely you don't mean the Immortal School -- '

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PANEL THREE (lower lefthand quarter of page)

Two-shot, Demondion-Echeverria and Lia.

Lia: 'Are those who work there not willing and well-compensated
participants in humanity's oldest profession?'

Demondion-Echeverria: 'Why, yes, Your -- '

Lia: 'Then do not flinch when you haven't been stuck. We're here on
other business, as you ought to know.'

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PANEL FOUR (lower righthand quarter of page)

Closeup of Lia. Behind her is the partition, decorated like the
other walls. A tiny dragonfly can be seen on the wall over her left
shoulder.

Lia: 'When I receive identical intelligence from two very different
sources, concerning a grave danger to the Monopolity, I am inclined to
take it seriously.'

Krumm: (from out of panel): 'Very different -- '