Panel 1: Barbara is standing on the sidewalk, talking on the phone. The woman who owns the taxidermy shop is just leaving.
Barbara [into phone]: Hey, Marie...some lady jus stopped me on the street and told me to tell you you were thwarting fate.
Panel 2: Rahim is at work in the hospital. Nico is lurking nearby.
Rahim [into phone]: That Nico guy has been following me on my rounds. He keeps going on about something "not working."
Panel 3: Basil is standing in the park.
Basil: Marie, it's Basil. Uh...there are people shadowing me and going on about tentacles. Should I be worried?
Panel 4: Marie massages her forehead as she stands with her phone to her ear.
Jackie [on phone]: Hi...it's Jackie. In, you know, California. Why are three women popping up everywhere to tell me how aggravating you are?
Marie sighs.
Alt-Text: In
the unseen fifth panel, Marie gets a text from a Junior Fellow who
hasn't turned up since the first week of the comic. You do not
need to see her frustrated rage and despair.
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