Maida is not the only Martian at this school.

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Panel 1: The class ends and students stream out into the hallway, heading towards their lockers or chatting in small groups. Narrator: "I'm tired of being the new girl."
Panel 2: Maida and others leave the school out of the front entrance. Narrator: "I hate that I have to start over again in a place where I don't have any friends. Especially when I already have perfectly good friends somewhere else."
Panel 3: Maida, and many other random people, crowd onto a subway train while other people get off. "I really should make an effort to make friends with those girls. Beggars can't be choosers!"
Panel 4: Narrator: "In the meantime..." Sitting on the train between two strangers, Maida opens up her holographic screen.