PANEL 1
CONNOR: SORRY, GUYS. WHEN I TWIGGED THAT I COULD DO THIS, I ALSO REALISED THERE WASN’T TIME TO ASK PERMISSION.
CONNOR: PARTLY BECAUSE I KNOW FROM ARKADY’S MEMORY DOWNLOAD THAT I’M DUE TO PASS OUT.
CONNOR: PARTLY BECAUSE SOMETHING’S COMING. PROBABLY SEVERAL SOMETHINGS.

PANEL 2
CONNOR: MARK’S SCARED OF SOMETHING. AND THAT’S WHY HE CAME BACK. HE WANTS A FORTRESS.
CONNOR: AND HE WANTED US GOOD AND MINDWORMED, SO WE’D DEFEND IT WITH HIM. OR FOR HIM.
CONNOR: AND HE WAS READY TO USE PEOPLE IN WHITECHAPEL, AND PEOPLE IN THE SURVIVING GROUPS OUTSIDE, TO GET US OFF-BALANCE AND EASIER TO TURN INTO DRONES.