Panel 1: We
now backtrack a couple of panels, to the moment in the last comic where
Rose is about to jump forward into the future, and Iz stands watching
her. We're closer to the scene this time, so Denise is off panel, as is
the future Rose who has just appeared, bleeding from the eyes and the
nose.
Rose [smiles]: Here I go.
Denise [off panel]: Wait!
Panel 2: Rose
stands in the same room, which is now no longer under construction. On
the wall behind her is a bulletin board with a single piece of paper
tacked to it. Rose's eyes are wide, and she has stopped smiling.
Rose: Here...I...
Panel 3: Rose collapses.
Panel 4: Rose lies on her face on the floor.
Rose [thinks]: Well, that clearly went swimmingly.
Voice From Off Panel: Oh. No...
Alt-Text: Rose can think sarcastically even when she's lying prone on the floor, unable to move.
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