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Panel 1 (no dialogue)

Action/setting: A mostly empty company breakroom area: big floor-to-ceiling windows on the left, a curved counter/coffee bar at the back, and three tall stools lined up in front. A blue-and-white shark (Forge) lunges in from the far left edge, mouth open wide with sharp teeth showing.

Panel 2 (no dialogue)

Action/setting: Inside a shared office with large windows. Forge is on the far left, facing into the room.
Action: Dash (penguin) sits at a desk with an open laptop and papers. Drew (sloth) sits at a second desk in the foreground with an open laptop. Both are quietly working and their desks have office supplies on them.

Panel 3

Forge : “DONNA, WHERE IS THRIVE?”
Donna Lake: “I SOLD IT TO OUR COMPETITOR”
Action: Donna works calmly behind her desk with a laptop open. Forge faces her from the right side, mouth open as he demands an answer. Forge is holding something off to the side in his fin, but you can’t see what it is yet. A desk nameplate reads “DONNA LAKE”. A mug on the desk says “I’M Fine.”

Panel 4

Forge : “YOU WIN”
Action: Close-up of Donna and Forge at her desk. The object is now visible on the desk: a tall green trophy labeled “Thrive” with a pale, flame-like shape rising from it. Donna looks up from her work, stays composed.