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Panel 1: Maida, sitting on the couch still wrapped in the blankets she slept in, takes off her hijab.
Panel 2: Narrator: "I really don't feel like leaving the house today. I wonder if this outfit will hold out for one more day?" Maida looks down at her presumably dirty shirt.
Panel 3: Narrator: "I'll see if the factory can print me something simple, wash the clothes I have, and go shopping at the weekend." She pulls the hijab off her shoulders and leaves it on the arm of the couch, but doesn't make a move to get up.
Panel 4: Narrator: "...As soon as I can get off this couch."
Panel 5: Zaynab's street is quiet. A scooter drives past her house.
Panel 6: Maida, wearing a new outfit of a lace shirt and long skirt, sits on a different part of the couch hugging a pillow. She is talking to a hologram of her brother. Maida (in Swahili): "...So that's everything I've been through for the past few years. I'll grant you, it's not very exciting." Ibrahim: "Yeah."
Panel 2: Narrator: "I really don't feel like leaving the house today. I wonder if this outfit will hold out for one more day?" Maida looks down at her presumably dirty shirt.
Panel 3: Narrator: "I'll see if the factory can print me something simple, wash the clothes I have, and go shopping at the weekend." She pulls the hijab off her shoulders and leaves it on the arm of the couch, but doesn't make a move to get up.
Panel 4: Narrator: "...As soon as I can get off this couch."
Panel 5: Zaynab's street is quiet. A scooter drives past her house.
Panel 6: Maida, wearing a new outfit of a lace shirt and long skirt, sits on a different part of the couch hugging a pillow. She is talking to a hologram of her brother. Maida (in Swahili): "...So that's everything I've been through for the past few years. I'll grant you, it's not very exciting." Ibrahim: "Yeah."
I’ll admit that her brother has seen more hand-to-hand combat and space exploration buuut I feel like Maida’s assorted experiences have been more “exciting” than I’d want to experience!
Oh, for a stable, healthy world where it’s feasible to build good things without being penalized, where authority is neither abusive nor capricious, and where everyone has a decent chance at a stable, functional life!