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Panel 1:
A POV shot of Sonia looking down at the evidence files, trembling. The pages have a few dark spots where tearstains have blurred the ink.
Tasha (offscreen): Well... what do you think?
Sonia: Th... this has to be fabricated. It could be... doctored, or faked with A.I., or...
Tasha (offscreen): It's all real. Trust me.
Panel 2:
Sonia faces away from Tasha and Frank as she flips through the files, tears now streaming down her face. Behind her, Tasha and Frank hold up their hands, swearing solemnly.
Sonia: And... you promise you aren't just... making this stuff up for views?
Tasha: I swear, on my honor as a journalist, that this is all true to the best of my knowledge.
Frank: Ditto.
Panel 3:
Tasha looks concerned as Sonia whips around, distraught.
Tasha: So, you... genuinely didn't know about any of this?
Sonia: NO!!! I thought we just made computers and movies and stuff!
Panel 4:
A side view of Sonia holding out the files, running her free hand through her hair. Tasha holds out her microphone as Frank films and works the stream VFX on his phone.
Sonia: Not... manipulating the government and doing weird secret human experiments!
Tasha: Huh. Well Sonia, it seems we're breaking this news to you for the first time ever. What's going through your mind right now?
Panel 5:
A closer shot of Sonia, whose tears slow down. Her face is in shadow as she composes herself and tucks the evidence back into the manilla folder. Stylistic purple waves radiate around her.
Sonia: I... I don't know. It's a lot to process, and... I'll need to do some digging of my own before I just accept all of this as fact.
Tasha (offscreen): As you should.
Panel 6:
A close-up of Sonia's hand grabbing her amulet tightly. A strange multicolored energy seems to radiate from it.
Sonia: But... I can at least promise one thing. Whatever is truth, whatever is fiction...
Panel 7:
Sonia continues to clutch her amulet as she stands dramatically, her hair and clothes flaring out as she holds the folder in her other hand. The multicolored energy flares out around her in front of a sea of stars, and the energy seems to coil its glowing tendrils around the surrounding comic panels.
Sonia: After I'm in charge, TrueCorp won't cause harm to another person ever again. And that's the
Alt Text:
And it was True ever after.
-the apopheniac
Chapter 3 Page 69
February 17, 2026
Sonia speaks her
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