[id: continuous from previous. the ghostly figure has become somewhat more opaque and a brightness like the orange glow of flames shines softly through its lower half. its face is indistinct but its skin is revealed to be green and its speech is rendered in green text in all-caps papyrus font, framed in a green-bordered black speech balloon. “this shall be followed by a period of ten days,” the apparition is saying. “and as darkness settles on the tenth day, there shall come forth another manifestation. and due homage shall be bestowed by all who believe.” a black-bordered yellow rectangle in the lower right-hand corner of the panel framing all-caps comic sans text in double quotation marks continues adelard’s offscreen narration: “it was then that we understood…. we had been chosen!” /end id]
