Panel 1: Rose is sitting on her living-room couch, staring into space. Denise walks up to her.
Denise: What's wrong?
Rose: Fathima and Kai Keolanui want me to come to a gathering at Iz's apartment a few days before Christmas.
Panel 2: Denise sits down.
Rose: It'll just be his family and some of his friends.
Denise: That's good, isn't it?
Panel 3:
Rose: I don't want to have emotions in front of that many people.
Panel 4:
Rose: Emotions are so embarrassing, Denise!
Denise: You are deeply weird.
Alt-Text: Rose would much rather have emotions in front of a preteen version of her high-school bully.
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