Panel A
Johnny turns to face Baba Yaga as the old witch places her yellow eye back in its empty socket.
BABA YAGA: "Don't think me ungrateful, but who the fuck are you?"
Panel B
Johnny and Baba Yaga talk.
JOHNNY: "Johnny Handsome. My boss told me to look you up if I was ever in the neighborhood."
BABA YAGA: "And who is your boss?"
JOHNNY: "You know who."
Panel C
Johnny and Baba Yaga talk. Baba Yaga leans forward from the wall, reaches one skeletal hand to touch Handsome's face. He looks disgusted but doesn't flinch away.
BABA YAGA: "Oh, are you he? Is it so? Baba Yaga has heard the name."
Panel D
Johnny and Baba Yaga talk. Baba Yaga grins and cups Johnny's chin in her withered old hands.
BABA YAGA: "Johnny Handsome. The man without fear."
Panel E
Baba Yaga strokes her belly as she ruminates. Johnny grows irritated with her.
BABA YAGA: "You killed your heart, Johnny Handsome. Loveless and hopeless and fearless, you are naked ambition. You ARE the vessel that moves in you."
Panel F
Baba Yaga grins with wicked glee. She strokes his face as she speaks.
BABA YAGA: "No more, no less. You are only yourself. How terrible."
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