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Layout — 4 panels
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Jesse at the mic. The crowd, hushed. Dev behind, ready.
- JESSEHi, New Vegas.
- JESSEWe're Scouter.
- JESSEWe're from here.
- JESSEWe've been gone a little while.
- JESSEIt's good to be home.
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Jesse glances back at Dev. Dev nods.
- JESSEThis first song — it's called "Troubles Are Behind You."
- JESSEWe wrote it in a kitchen four hours ago.
- JESSEIt's about — it's about all of you.
- JESSEIt's about every person in this city who never knew they were missing this.
- JESSEWe are very happy to play it for you.
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Dev, eyes on Jesse, sticks raised. Allred — this is the panel where the reader sees a brother who has spent his whole life carrying his brother, finally getting to let go. He doesn't have to hold Jesse together anymore. Jesse is holding himself.
- DEV(off-mic, soft)One —
- JESSE(whisper)Yeah.
- DEVTwo —
- JESSEYeah.
- DEVThree —
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Close on Jesse's hand finding the chord on the green guitar. The fingers, the fretboard, the green wood — the third time in the book we have seen this composition (Issue 1 page 11 panel 3; Issue 2 page 10 panel 4; here). The visual rhyme should hit the reader like a chord itself. Different chord this time. Different player.
- DEVFOUR —