Crumb Trail — The Rising Tide, Page 6
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Page 6. A close panel on Momo. She holds up the dragging hem of her oversized mustard-yellow coat in both tiny sleeve-swallowed hands — the lower edge is visibly wet and darkened where it trailed through the water, a couple of clear drips falling from it — and reads her own soaked coat as proof the flood is rising. The small puddle of clear water sits on the floorboards below. MOMO: 'It has reached my coat. It rises.'
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Close view of the chibi girl in the yellow coat holding up the dragging hem of her too-big coat in both hands; the lower edge is darkened and wet with a couple of clear drips falling from it. A small puddle of clear water sits on the floorboards below.
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A small puddle spreads across the Tiny Case Agency floorboards, and Momo is certain the agency is under siege by a rising flood — an intruder who crept in at dawn with dripping boots, water meaning to drown them out. She wrings out her own soaked coat hem as evidence, climbs to 'high ground' on the folding chair, and finally tracks the tide to its source in the corner. Ganta tells her on page five that the fridge is open. She hushes him, follows the drips herself, flings the mini-fridge door wide to confront the intruder — and a cold drip lands on her nose. Unable to admit she left it ajar, she shoves the door shut, declares the breach sealed and the tide turned, and falls asleep. Ganta delivers the verdict once she is out: she left it open.