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(A panel showing a display shelf stacked with collected and labelled rocks; a panel showing another potplant, Ceropegia woodii; a stack of opened letters and envelopes; and a panel showing Saturn with its rings and its hexagonal north pole on view. Dialogue continues from previous page, separate from panels.)
Emily:
Wow.
Dee: And then... I kept exploring, when I wanted a rest, sometimes. Away from all the living.
Emily: Oodles of personal space!
Dee: Precisely! I do love life, though.
Emily: You don't have to tell me about needing a break from even good stuff. From this distance, I've been feeling extra rosy about humanity in general, myself.
Dee: Have you?
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Alt text: They brought stuff to make thin sections AND do acid etchings, show off those Widmanstätten patterns