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PANEL 1: The TRES PRIMOS (Tall, Squat, and Large) surround NANDO, after CAYETANO has walked away.
NANDO: Lord.
LARGE PRIMO: Yeah, Cayetano’s always been…a lot.

PANEL 2: A woman with short, half-shaved hair bursts from the crowd. She wears a dark uniform buttoned low. She wears distinctive glasses and large hoop earrings, and her lips are a dark lipstick.
EMILIANA: GENTLEMEN! What a thing to see you after 34 years.
TALL PRIMO: Emiliana.

PANEL 3: Close up on EMILIANA.
EMILIANA: And based on the buffalo grunting I could hear across the hall, I see Caye’s his usual calm, erudite self.

PANEL 4: SQUAT PRIMO holds his arm out begrudgingly introducing NANDO to EMILIANA.
SQUAT PRIMO: Emiliana, may I present your cousin, Fernando Cruz.
EMILIANA: Indeed! FERNANDO. I must admit, your files do you a disservice. You look much older than fifteen years.
NANDO: SIXTEEN.

PANEL 5: In silhouette, EMILIANA and NANDO face off.
EMILIANA: Sixteen! Well my goodness! Someone bring our new Emperor TWO pudding cups!
NANDO: “ha ha”. Yeah. Pudding cups.

PANEL 6: EMILIANA and NANDO shake hands, but NANDO glares at her.
NANDO: Good luck on stage, COUSIN. I’m gonna walk away now before I figure out why everyone avoids you.

PANEL 7: In the background EMILIANA looks shocked. SQUAT PRIMO and NANDO walk away, SQUAT PRIMO looks thrilled, NANDO looks nervous.
SQUAT PRIMO: WOW! Where’d that come from?!?
NANDO: Don’t tell her I actually do like pudding.

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PANEL 1: The TRES PRIMOS (Tall, Squat, and Large) surround NANDO, after CAYETANO has walked away.
NANDO: Lord.
LARGE PRIMO: Yeah, Cayetano’s always been…a lot.

PANEL 2: A woman with short, half-shaved hair bursts from the crowd. She wears a dark uniform buttoned low. She wears distinctive glasses and large hoop earrings, and her lips are a dark lipstick.
EMILIANA: GENTLEMEN! What a thing to see you after 34 years.
TALL PRIMO: Emiliana.

PANEL 3: Close up on EMILIANA.
EMILIANA: And based on the buffalo grunting I could hear across the hall, I see Caye’s his usual calm, erudite self.

PANEL 4: SQUAT PRIMO holds his arm out begrudgingly introducing NANDO to EMILIANA.
SQUAT PRIMO: Emiliana, may I present your cousin, Fernando Cruz.
EMILIANA: Indeed! FERNANDO. I must admit, your files do you a disservice. You look much older than fifteen years.
NANDO: SIXTEEN.

PANEL 5: In silhouette, EMILIANA and NANDO face off.
EMILIANA: Sixteen! Well my goodness! Someone bring our new Emperor TWO pudding cups!
NANDO: “ha ha”. Yeah. Pudding cups.

PANEL 6: EMILIANA and NANDO shake hands, but NANDO glares at her.
NANDO: Good luck on stage, COUSIN. I’m gonna walk away now before I figure out why everyone avoids you.

PANEL 7: In the background EMILIANA looks shocked. SQUAT PRIMO and NANDO walk away, SQUAT PRIMO looks thrilled, NANDO looks nervous.
SQUAT PRIMO: WOW! Where’d that come from?!?
NANDO: Don’t tell her I actually do like pudding.

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