Wide micro-view of ELECTROVOLTAIRE standing on a small soapbox in the box, declaring the COSMIC CUBE. A flamboyant Enlightenment-philosopher electromite with powdered-wig-of-brass-curls + jabot + walking-stick, holding aloft a small brass MODEL CUBE. Crowd of electromites listening in various reactions: some intrigued, some scandalized.
Wide view of the EXCOMMUNICATION — the orphanist religious authorities standing in formation pointing accusingly at Electrovoltaire, who is being CAST OUT physically by 3-4 of the more zealous orphanists, while he clutches his Cosmic Cube model defiantly. Iconic icons in the background being held protectively.
Wide macro shot of Trurl's workshop — Trurl turning AWAY from the microscope, putting on a brass hat + grabbing a small brass shopping-basket. He has NOT noticed the burgeoning religious civil war in the box. The 'I'll just step out for an hour' beat — the dramatic-irony moment before things explode in his absence.
Narration: Though not for long. A certain Electrovoltaire appeared and announced there was no Absolute Orphan, only the Cosmic Cube created by the forces of Nature;
Narration: the orphanists excommunicated him,
Narration: but then Trurl had to leave for an hour or two to do some shopping.
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