Panel A
Samhain grabs Alice by the hair and slams her face-first into one of the stone blocks that used to make up the ceiling. He seems neither angry nor cruel, just determined. Tommy cries out. Boogy looks away.
ALICE: "Mmmwwughh!"
TOMMY: "ALICE!"
Panel B
Samhain forces Alice to her knees before Tommy so the boy can get a good look at her face. Alice's face seems to have shattered like porcelain. The center of her face is gone entirely, and dark cracks radiate away to her jaw line, ears, and hair. Within the hollow of her ruined face is revealed a mouldering skull, crawling with worms, centipedes, and all the carrion insects of the earth. The eyes are empty black pits, the jaw hangs crooked, her rotten teeth chipped and gray. Samhain has destroyed the mask that hid Alice's true nature from Tommy. Tommy recoils in fear and disgust. Boogy turns away, unwilling to witness his friend's humiliation and pain.
SAMHAIN: "Look at her! See her as she truly is!"
Panel C
Samhain holds Alice up by her hair, forcing her to face Tommy and witness his reaction. Alice moans and sobs, her fists clenched at her side. Tommy clutches his hands into fists, presses them to his chest in fear.
SAMHAIN: "This is the real Alice. No sweet schoolgirl; no erstwhile hero. Just a shell containing an Incarnation of Fear. A tiny fragment of my power, dressed up in pretty bows, for all fear leads to death..."
Panel D
Continue scene.
SAMHAIN: "...and that makes her mine."
Panel E
Tommy looks up at Samhain as the words penetrate his shock, and the old man's meaning becomes clear to him. He seems frozen in place, unable to move or react. Alice weeps quietly, and without tears.
SAMHAIN: "Look at her! Is this the face of a hero? Could you ever really love such a thing?"
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