Old Scars, Chapter 6: Part 3.2

Page 137 Panel 1: T ponders the question for a time, unsure how to answer 'cause they don't really have a proper answer to it.

T

I genuinely wish I had a better answer than "I don't know," my love.

Panel 2: They come to a hard stop suddenly in the middle of the young person's thought. T tilts their gaze upward at the bellowing growl shooting in from off-panel right.

PO

(from the speaker) What is it?

T

(reassuring) A minor inconvenience...I'll be back in your loving, strong arms soon enough.

Panel 3: Close-up on Po's face a beat later, welling up with a rush of fear and loving hope at what's underneath T's previous statement.

PO

You better! Love you.

T

(from the phone speaker) Love you too...!

Panel 4: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. The line on T's end cuts off a beat later, leaving her to stew over the uneasiness of what's to come.

Caption

(T)

"Okay, this has been one of those days that feels like a week."

Panel 5: Cut to a shot of T looking into the backseat of the car, rummaging around for something to use. You can see the bear-like creature looming outside in the background via the front window.

T

(Cont.) So I'm going to make this quick 'cause I'd rather end this night in sweat and bed sheets, not fur and human hair. Now, where's the--?

Panel 6: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. The Timmi shakes a beat later, caused by the bear ramming into the front, and interrupting the young person's thought rudely.

Page 138

Panel 1: Action shot of the now perturbed young person stepping out of the car a few moments later, wearing a catcher's mitt sized glove with a pair of needles attached at the tips of the middle and ring fingers.

T

I was hoping to sell this to doctors with unruly patients. But a noxious man transformed into a bear works too...

Panel 2: T charges at the creature who moves forward at a similar speed; the glove raised up in an attacking pose, matched by the man-bear's right claw.

Panel 3: Before they could use the glove, the bear connects with a solid punch to the young person's face, sending them off to the side.

Panel 4: Sore and unfazed, T rares up for another go. You can see a little glow from the base of the glove as they speak.

T

Lucky shot...!

Panel 5: A two-part set of panels that first shows the young person taking to the air moments later, avoiding another slashing blow from the creature before...

Panel 6: ...landing onto its back in the second part, held on by some type of super adhesive liquid; the bear growling in pain and annoyance as a result.