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Plague Rat – Chapter 5, Page 7

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Panel One: Wide shot of the four people at the table, with Cal on the left. The background is filled with a faint pattern of question marks and exclamation points. He says, "My great-aunt Hannah is a Carrier." Dr. King looks surprised, with a little blip mark next to her head while she processes this new information. Mrs. Navares, with her back to the viewer, is looking through a bunch of papers as she exclaims, "You have a great aunt?!" There's a bunch of little sweatdrops around her head. Ms. Ward asks, "Where does she live?" CAl answers, "I duinno. Mom said she traveled a lot."

Panel Two: Shot of Cal gesturing as he explains, with images of a gift basket containing a bottle of wine with some birthday cards nearby above him, "I've never met her in person, but she always sent us birthday cards, and whenever she was in town I'd run a basket with her favorite wine and some soap over to the Carrier Cabin and leave it at the door. I don't even know what she looks like." Dr. King says, from off-panel, "I'm sure she's heard about what happened in Ocaton by now."

Panel Three: Slightly overhead shot of the table, with Cal at the top of the frame. "Has she contacted you?" asks Mx. Piveteau. "Not yet," says Cal. Mrs. Navares says, "Well, we'll do our best to find her." "Thank you."

Panel Four: A closeup of Cal as he looks sadly into his cup of tea. The atmosphere is gloomy as he thinks, "Prob'ly thinks I'm dead."

Author Note

I'd imagine that meeting Carrier relatives would be pretty rare for most people, but especially so if you have a health problem like Cal's!

I also imagine there are services that will write a card for you if you're a Carrier and you want to send a greeting to someone outside. Gift services, too, unless the item can be properly sterilized. Glasswear is probably a popular "direct" gift. Otherwise all you could do is send a telegram.

 

See you Next Year!
Bran

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