Panel 1: Rose is in a room at Greencoat Services with Aisha, her trainer, and Charlie, a twelve-year-old girl in a wheelchair.
Aisha: Could you tell Rose about yourself, Charlie?
Charlie: Sure.
Panel 2: Charlie speaks laboriously, struggling with every word.
Charlie: Car......accident made...the words...hard. Thoughts...won't come out......
Panel 3:
Aisha: It's okay, Charlie. Rose, could you tell Charlie what happened to you?
Rose: I was in an accident too. I definitely know about the words being hard.
Panel 4:
Rose: It's like your brain is writing poetry, and then, after a mighty effort, your mouth goes, "Bananas!"
Charlie: Right?
Alt-Text:
In the final panel, Rose is making the universally understood gesture for "bananas."
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