Transcript For Strip 61

Panel 1
Cut to the city Xīn Xīān on the planet Huǒxīng, or Mars. We are focusing on a building in the hub of this city of almost 2 million.
Caption: Xīn Xīān, on Huǒxīng (Mars).
Voice from building: <… and after settlement of other good-name accounts, the remainder of the estate is to be … shared between my nephews … >

Panel 2
Now we're inside an office, with a close 2-shot on old Master Po Xu-ke's nephews, Tong Xie Po and Ma Bo Nu. Tong is lean and intellectual; Ma is muscular and not intellectual.
Voice (OP) : <… Tong Xie Po and Ma Bo Nu.>

Panel 3
Pull back to show everyone on this office room. There are, besides the newphews, the lawyer Bei Shuang-kuang, and the android Veronica, plus two other individuals, one man and one woman.
Bei:

Panel 4
Veronica steps towards Bei. She is alarmed and confused.
Veronica:
Veronica:

Panel 5
Bei ignores Veronica and snaps at Tong, who merely raises an eyebrow.
Bei:
Tong:

Panel 6
Tong holds up a device that looks like a present-day remote car-key switch, and thumbs a button. Veronica reacts by suddenly jerking stiffly upright, as if someone had pulled a string coming out of the top of her head.
Tong:
Veronica: {gurk!}

Panel 7
Ma sizes up the now immobile Veronica like a wolf contemplating its fresh kill, while Tong stands by.
Ma:
Tong:

Panel 8
The nephews walk towards the exit, with Veronica following blank-eyed in their wake.
Tong:
Tong:
Ma:

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