Strip 805 -- First Seen: 2011-10-18
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Back to Suki in the bar, she is leaning on the bar on one elbow, looking serious now as she speaks to her comm.
Suki: Henry and I were in The White Swallow.
Suki: I was hanging out and Henry was hustling 3D Go.

Panel 2
Begin flashback panels – in the first one we have a cameo of Suki in the upper left corner. In this scene, Henry is approaching an empty stool at the bar between Suki and Pierre. Behind the bar, above a double row of liquor bottles of various sizes and shapes, we see the establishment's logo: A silhouette of a white swallow in flight, against a medium-gray background (in color this would be pink). Leave room for the letterer to add the words, 'The White Swallow' in a semi-circle above the graphic.
Suki: He beat a fish from Mars and came over to the bar to get a celebratory ale.
Suki: You know, no drinking on the job.

Panel 3
Still facing the bar, but closer-in. Now Pierre is seated at the bar, turning to face Henry. Henry is extending a hand to shake.
Caption (Suki): Well, there was this kind of cute guy, short and delicate, just like Terry likes them.
Henry: Hi, I'm Henry Freeman. What brings you to The White Swallow?
Panel 4
Pull back a bit – Pierre sweeps his hand to indicate the double-row of bottles.
Pierre: The obvious!
Henry: ?