[image description: new scene, indoors, day. back in maggie’s magic emporium, malcolm and maggie are still facing off. the former actually clasps his hands together with fingers intertwined as if in prayer as he entreats: “look, you’ve got to help me! you’ve got to! please! it’s a matter of life and death!” maggie makes a matter-of-fact gesture with her right hand as she replies, “so’s the virus.”]
