Trurl irritated — wide shot of him stepping forward toward HEDONS, ONE BRASS MITT with INDEX FINGER jabbed toward HEDONS in assertive 'I should know' gesture, the other mitt at his hip. HEDONS in the panel's mid-distance, ALL FIVE EYE-STALKS aimed steadily at Trurl with that infuriating circumspect calm.
HEDONS' first-possibility close-up — medium shot of HEDONS body angled three-quarter toward camera, his head tilted in pedantic-philosopher pose; one eye-stalk pointed UPWARD as if marking 'option ONE', the other four stalks variously aimed in the inspection. Mouth-grille parted in calm legalese.
HEDONS' second-possibility — same three-quarter framing, now TWO of his eye-stalks pointed UPWARD enumerating 'option TWO'; the other three aimed at Trurl in a focused investigative cluster. Mouth-grille in mid-philosophical-deconstruction of Trurl's competence.
Tight close-up on Trurl bewildered — head three-quarter, single round eye WIDE in baffled incomprehension, mouth-grille slack-open in the bewildered 'Come again?' query. The reader sees that HEDONS' second-possibility just landed and stripped Trurl of any rebuttal. The page-closer.
Trurl says: I ought to know, if I created you!
Master says: There are two possibilities”, replied the circumspect Contemplator. “The first is, you are an out-and-out liar. This we shall set aside for the moment as unverifiable.
Master says: The second is, you believe it is the truth you speak, yet that truth, predicated as it is upon your feeble understanding, is in truth untrue.
Trurl says: “Come again?”
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