– "The Morning After"
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Panel 1
Scene: Early morning. The sun starts rising. Rena is sleeping peacefully in bed, pretending nothing happened.
SFX: TICK-TICK (clock ticking)
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Panel 2
Scene: Door unlocks. Joile steps inside, looking exhausted but alive.
SFX: CLICK!
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Panel 3
Scene: Rena "wakes up" suddenly and runs to hug him like she was worried all night.
Rena (acting):
Hubby!! You're back! I was worried sick!
SFX: THUMP! (hug)
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Panel 4
Scene: Joile hugs back, smiling gently.
Joile (tired voice):
I'm fine, babe.
You won't believe it...
We had backup tonight. Some ghost wiped out the drug dealers before we even blinked.
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Panel 5
Scene: Rena acts shocked, playing innocent like a pro.
Rena (dramatic gasp):
No way!! You mean...like a real-life superhero??
SFX: GASP!
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Panel 6
Scene: Joile sits down on the couch, tossing his jacket aside.
Joile:
Yeah.
They called her Echo again. Same MO. No prints, no evidence...just clean kills with an axe.
SFX: THUD! (jacket drop)
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Panel 7
Scene: Rena sits next to him, pretending to be a fangirl.
Rena (grinning secretly inside):
Man...Echo's badass.
She's got nerves of steel, huh?
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Panel 8
Scene: Joile chuckles while stretching his sore arms.
Joile:
Yeah, she's got guts.
Whole squad's scratching their heads.
She's like smoke...here one second, gone the next.
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Panel 9
Scene: Close-up of Rena's smirk, hidden behind a fake worried face.
Rena (thought bubble):
"Smoke"? More like your wife, darling.
SFX: HEHEHE (small giggle inside)
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