Chapter:

Happy Wednesday! Narrowly remembered to schedule this one, as I only queued up until August. On that note, how is it August??

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TRANSCRIPT

Panel 1 (Eiji hugs Imogen)
Eiji: Thank you for taking care of her. I hope she doesn’t give you too much trouble.
Imogen: Oh, stop! She’d do the same for me.

Panel 2 (textless; Imogen waves goodbye to Eiji and Marcus as she enters a hospital room)

Panel 3 (Imogen looking in on Alex, in the foreground)
Imogen: Hey, you. Wow.

Panel 4 (Alex smiles at Imogen. Her face is bruised and scratched up.)
Alex: This is nothing. You should see the other guy.

Panels 5-6 (Imogen sits at the bedside)
Imogen: Yeah, I hear you really showed that mountain. How are you feeling?
Alex: Right now? Mostly embarrassed. I’m sorry for all the drama, and pulling you out of school…
Imogen: This? No, it’s totally okay! I was already done for the day, and Lu picked the boys up from school.