Transcript For Strip 1830

Panel 1
A business card materializes in the space between the snake and our heroes.

Snake: Peace, please! I'm not venomous.
Snake: At least, not in the conventional sense.
Snake: I am William I. Montoya, Attorney at Law
Panel 2
C/u of Diana looking thoughtfully at the business card.

Caption: I had described the principles of Bubbleopolis as 'Co-operative lawleness,' but they do have laws here, of a sort.
Caption: When people have disputes, they find an arbitrator or judge agreeable to all concerned who listens to each side and issues a judgement, which is then published.
Caption: Those published judgements form the basis of their law.
Caption: This had been explained to me early on, but I'd never met a lawyer before.
Panel 3
Montoya speaks to Diana as the bodyguards look on.
Montoya: My apologies, but you've been very difficult to reach these past few days.
Montoya: Have you not been getting my messages?
Diana: Ah, Montoya, yes. Well, I've been busy
Panel 4
Different angle on Montoya, Diana, and the bodyguards. Diana looks alarmed.
Montoya: There are certain powers-of-agency that Senhor Gómez assigned to you several cycles back.
Montoya: In the event he is … incapacitated, you are given full control of his business and personal property ...
Diana: You mean, he's DEAD?

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