Panel A
Alice drops Tommy to the floor as she rushes into the light. She scoops up the bag on the way into his closet.
TOMMY: "ALICE?"
Panel B
Alice runs down the length of the glittering corridor, tears salting her cheeks with every step.
ALICE (thinking): "Oh, Tommy."
Panel C
Alice nears the doorway to the Nacre Expanse.
ALICE (thinking): "I'm so sorry, Tommy."
Panel D
Alice bursts from the passage into the hallway of Closet, doctor's bag in one hand, bone saw in the other. The demons gathered here rush to meet her. Baba Yaga is nowhere to be seen.
ALICE (thinking): "It was the only way."
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