Crumb Trail — The Endless Trail, Page 11
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Page 11. A close panel as the theory collapses. Momo looks down and lifts one brown ankle boot to peer at its sole — faintly dusted pale chalky-grey — her magnifying glass drooping in her other hand, her tiny mouth a small round o as the truth dawns. The pale dusty boot-prints beneath her are the same single boot as hers. MOMO: 'The tracks... are mine.'
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Close view of the chibi girl in the yellow coat looking down and lifting one brown boot to peer at its sole, which is faintly dusted pale grey, her magnifying glass drooping, her mouth a small round o of realization. Pale dusty boot-prints run beneath her.
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Momo spots a trail of pale dusty boot-prints on the clubroom floor and declares that an intruder is circling the Tiny Case Agency. She follows the tracks around the room, magnifying glass out — and each lap she is certain there are MORE of them, a whole gang closing the ring. Ganta tells her on page five that they are her own boots. She hushes him and keeps circling, adding fresh prints with every step, until the trail loops right back to the two little boots on her own feet. Unable to admit she spent the afternoon chasing herself, Momo declares she surrounded the gang and drove them off, closes the case, and falls asleep inside the ring of prints. Ganta delivers the verdict once she is out: she walked in a circle.