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[[As Trudy continues to stare at her hands in puzzlement, Nega-Nick (masquerading as "our" Nick) and his alien continue their mental conversation about what just happened. All of the conversation in this strip take place inside Nega-Nick's mind.]]
Nega-Nick: [thinking] We saw her thoughts... Do you think she could read ours...?
Alien: She saw unfiltered flashes of thought from both of us, but they appear to have overwhelmed her.

Alien: There is a risk that what she saw may unmask our deception, but I think confusion will be our ally... for now.
Nega-Nick: [angrily, balling his fists on the table] Why didn't this affect Oshiro?

Alien: I am not sure. Perhaps our bond was too recent. This may be a new development. We are in unchartered waters, you might say; this has never happened to my species before.

[[Trudy has stopped looking at her hands, and is staring at Nega-Nick from across the table.]]
Alien: We must address this later. She just asked you a question; we need to generate a falsehood quickly to maintain our ruse.