Panel 1

Narrated: Elsewhere, several months later...

A hand dangles off an unkempt bed. A holographic watch flashes 30.

Panel 2

Watch: "29"

Zoom out to someone seated on the bed. Their hair is dark and draped over their face. The room is a mess.

Watch: "28"

Panel 3

The seated person pushes their hair back, revealing a glittering augmentation. This is the same individual from the cryopod in the panels before.

Watch: "25"

Maya: "Sigh"

Watch: "24"

Panel 4

Maya tightens the belt around her trousers.

Watch: "21"

Watch: "20"

Panel 5

Maya walks past a crowd of people wearing work suits with aprons of varying length. They are all largely taller than her.

Watch: "15"

Watch: "14"

Panel 6

Maya takes some rickity stairs to an office on stilts. In the distance is an industrial landscape of short buildings and tall cranes.

Panel 7

Maya arrives outside the office. She waits as her watch continues to count down

Watch: "5"

Watch: "3"

Panel 8

Watch: "2"

Maya grabs the door handle, just as the watch counts down to...

Watch: "1"

...and opens the door.