Fairly Painless
Published on by LegolianM.
Panel 1: An overhead shot of the car driving down a two lane highway lined with trees. It’s still night, and there are no other cars on the road. Unseen, a conversation is carrying on in the car between Jillian and an unknown person. This person’s dialogue bubbles are square, an indicator that they are not physically present.
Unknown: “Quoi? Another one, Julie?”
Jillian: “I know, I know. It wasn’t exactly something I planned.”
Unknown: “Well, at least you’re leaving the area now. That should make things easier.”
Panel 2: Taylor is asleep leaning against the car door. Overlaid is Jillian’s voice asking: “Know anyone in Portland, Oregon?”
Panel 3: Wilkes is staring out the window, music blasting in her ears loudly enough that we can make out a line of song lyrics: “I am suffocating, you have failed to pull me in”. Overlaid, the unknown person replies to Jillian: “Let me see… it looks like there are a couple of agents there.”
Panel 4: Jillian is driving with one hand on the wheel. She’s wearing a bluetooth headset, and it becomes clear that she’s talking to someone on the phone. The unknown person continues: “One of them should even be fairly painless for you.”
Jillian, with a smirk: “What are you saying, Gael?”
Gael: “You know your reputation, Julie.”
Jillian: “I can’t possibly imagine what you mean.”
Gael: “There’s a reason you can never go back to Scotland.”