Wide shot of the attic — Trurl LEFT pacing in tight fury, mitts clenched at his head, ram-horn antennae trembling; Klap RIGHT seated on a brass trunk by the dormer window with one mitt clamped tightly over his grille-mouth, his shoulders visibly shaking with suppressed laughter, the slit eye crinkled at the corners. The contrast: Trurl's fury vs Klap's mirth, both held inside the cramped attic.
Trurl bent over the attic workbench assembling the demolition squad — small belligerent constructor-robots with painted MARTIAL FROWNS, brass armor, miniature armaments (grappling hooks, clamps, clubs). Workbench shows scattered tools only — NO visible placard, NO IMPERVIOUS sign. Trurl's secret design intent is kept silent; nothing externally telegraphs the squad's special programming. Klap reads in the corner, unaware. The squad ready.
Conspiratorial-installation moment — Trurl behind the workbench, body angled forward, head TURNED BACK over right shoulder in a stolen glance toward Klap. Right mitt's thumb-and-forefinger pinch a small brass cartridge mid-slide into a Δ-INPUT slot in one demolition-bot's open chest cavity (60% in, 40% out). Cartridge face bears the SECRET label: 'IMPERVIOUS / LOVE · JOY / GLADNESS · CHEER' — the visual answer to what Trurl is hiding. NO caption — the visual carries the beat alone (cartridge label = secret-readout; conspiratorial glance = the hiding; Klap-oblivious = the deception's success). Standard Mróz panel frame around the rectangle. Klap in lateral shadow deep right-background, oblivious in book.
Narration: In his attic Trurl cursed and fumed and considered the quickest way to put an end to this unhappy experiment, while Klapaucius did what he could to keep from laughing out loud.
Narration: Unable to come up with anything better, Trurl shook his head and sent a demolition squad to the settlement,
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