Transcript
1: Melissa sits alone in an isolation chamber similar to the one Julia lived in before. Various personal affects from her life have been brought to her and occupy the space. She’s on her bed, in pajamas, not necessarily doing anything.
2: She rises up from the bed, ready to approach a large mirror in the room.
3: She carefully examines her teeth, pulling her mouth open.
4: She leans in close to study her eye.
5: A split view shows Melissa on one side, staring at herself in the mirror, looking concerned; the other half shows that it’s a false mirror and that Xijo is silently studying her.
9: A panel split in half vertically, showing a close-up of Mel’s and Xijo’s eyes. They stare at each other, but only one sees the other.
Does Julia know yet?
Yeah.
Does Julia know, or is this MeL like a very secret, CIA project?
Maybe these spies/spooks are trying to see if this is the REAL MeL, or just a clever lookalike, waiting to- catch people off guard, and then attack…like she’s a magical Hulk, or something.
Hm. *scratching my head*
The transcript says that ‘various personal effects’ are there with her, so someone had to go and get them, and had to know Melissa well enough to know what to get her… So I suspect that Julia knows, but I would think Julia’s reaction to the news that maybe Melissa is back somehow would be shown.
Maybe I’m wrong about that, though? I certainly can’t imagine what Julia’s reaction would be, and maybe Rebecca similarly struggled and decided to not show the initial reaction. Maybe even just for pacing reasons, as a whole comic or two of Julia just being confused and hopeful but trying not to be too hopeful and being silently angsty over it might be too much, so might as well skip it. I dunno.
Making sure them teefies is in order…
I feel so bad for Xijo. He came to earth as one of the first martians to study an advanced new field of radiation. He probably worked his whole life for this chance, his name will be in textbooks for generations. And here he is tired, exhausted, away from his family and working constantly at the front lines of something nobody understands as the only person in place who can safely try to prevent what could easily be an apocalyptic monster.
I feel for the guy.
Being on the front lines is seldom glamorous.