Panel One: The Painting's face is shown from a profile shot, his teeth are gritted tight with realization of what his shadowed mirror is implying. Beads of sweat form on his cheek, the Shadowed Figure's hand squeezing onto his cheek with enough force to press into his face.

SFX: SQUEEZE

Panel Two: The Shadowed Figure stares with those wide, uncomfortable eyes, looking down to his brother, from a profile shot.

Text Box 1, The Shadowed Figure, the text is red: The Only mistake is the Values.

Panel Three: The Shadowed Figure looms over the Painting, the Painting is shown from behind, standing stoically while his mirrored brother levitates before him, those pinprick orange eyes staring out the frame, past the Painting. The Heart floats between them, half a vivid rainbow, the other slowly turning inky black and corrupted.

Text Box 2, the Shadowed Figure: The Values are killing you...

Panel Four: The Painting holds his hands out in a pleading fashion, as if to cup the Heart and to sway his brother's words. His face remains pale, beaded in sweat and worry. With a wavering smile, he looks up to his brother, who cups his face gently with both his hands while levitating above him, the Painting barely able to maintain eye contact.

Text Box 3, The Painting: You're so sweet, Brother. But that's not true...it's-

Panel Five: The Heart is focused on, floating above the Painting's hands which are now trembling. The Inky Black slowly overcoming the heart is now dripping and webbing, nearly overtaking half the crystal.

Text Box 4, The Shadowed Figure: The only STAIN on this world left to us is the Values.

Panel Six: All the color seems to leave the world, the background a dreary grey greenhouse. In foreground sits the Shadowed Figure, moving closer to the Frame seperating them from the outside world. His eyes are small orange pin pricks, his face unreadable. The Painting, further behind him, holds his hands in fear together near his chest, his teeth are grit and his face reads nothing but fear. The Heart floats beside the pair.

Text Box 5, the Shadowed Figure: The old fool made a disease and left you to cure it.

Text Box 6, the Painting: Brother, you can't-
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