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Panel One: At the end of the hallway, we've reached the doorway to the Cloud's chambers. The doors are large and ominous.

1/XENAKIS (OFF): What would you have us do? Already many cells are active. The Furmen are disrupted and c-c-confused. And we have ... a prisoner!

2/THE CLOUD (OFF): Hrrr ... your insurgents have done well. I'll deal with the prisoner once he is awake. But ... we need more.

Panel Two: Now we are inside the chamber. I like the idea of NOT seeing the Cloud yet. Maybe we just see one of her thin arms. But let's tease her a bit. Xenakis, on the other hand, should be revealed. Unlike the insects you've already drawn, Jake, Xenakis has a set of useless wings that look like a cloak. He should look terrifying, even as he kneels down in supplication of his leader, the Cloud.

3/THE CLOUD: Bring me the Sugar Stone. Find it ... at any cost, and bring it here ... to me.

4/THE CLOUD: Praise the hive.

Panel Three: Xenakis rises to his feet and extends his multiple arms in salute.

5/XENAKIS: Praise the hive!