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[[There is a single, vertical panel (i.e. taller than it is wide, as if the normal strip were rotated 90 degrees). Nega-Nick (i.e. Emperor Nicholas the Puissant, Nick's double from the "Negaverse"), floats underwater, unconscious, naked, and bound by chains with a weight tied to his legs. An unknown voice speaks, first very faintly and almost impossible to see
hear, then gradually increasing until reaching full volume. The dialog boxes are slanted in a fashion we haven't seen before.]]
<<Very very faintly>> Nicholas...
<<Very faintly>> "Your Highness" ...
<<Faintly>> I hate to disturb your slumber, "My Lord"...
But it is time to WAKE UP.