TITLE BOX
In the title box, RAYNE is lying in bed, as DAD says goodnight.
DAD
Do you want me to check for monsters under your bed?
RAYNE
No.
Next Panel, we see that RAYNE is cuddling a bat, and he smiles as he closes his eyes.
RAYNE
Let them come.
NEXT ROW
STREET. RAYNE is outside, looking thoughtful.
RAYNE
Tom Sawyer.
RAYNE
Huck Finn.
RAYNE shrugs as he picks up a crowbar.
RAYNE
The lives they had.
RAYNE
The forest, the river, endless adventures.
RAYNE begins struggling with something.
RAYNE
Is it any wonder that I, stuck in the suburbs in this modern day, would seek anything less?
Pull out, to show that RAYNE is trying to open a manhole cover off the sewer in the middle of the street. JOHN is there, looking skeptical.
JOHN
I don't think we can fit a raft down there.
RAYNE
We'll make do.