Altruistic
Published on by LegolianM.
Panel 1: Taylor falls behind Jillian, thinking hard about what he remembers. “I was… walking home from a friend’s house. I remember leaving and… maybe falling?”
Panel 2: Jillian, walking ahead and looking contemplative: “You fell and cracked your head on the sidewalk.”
Panel 3: A flashback in sepia tone. Taylor lies motionless on the sidewalk where we previously saw him fall. Jillian is crouching beside him, blocking the view of his head. Her words from the current scene are overlaid: “I was in the area. I saw what happened and saved you.”
Panel 4: Back to the current scene. Taylor looks at Jillian questioningly: “Why though? I mean, why not just call an ambulance?”
Jillian isn’t looking at him. “You’d have been dead before they reached you. I was feeling altruistic.”
Panel 5: Taylor: “I… guess I should thank you for saving my life then?”
Panel 6: Taylor’s expression shifts to decisive denial: “Even though I’m pretty sure this is a dream I’m gonna wake up from soon.”
Jillian smiles accommodatingly: “I wish you the best of luck with that. Truly.”