Tales from the Sanguine Box

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PANEL 19 INT. CONTROL ROOM - MONDAY MORNING Sanders walks back in, sipping a giant coffee. He’s still wearing the YOLO shirt. The red lights of the server room hum normally below. SANDERS: Alright. Weekend’s over, Neil. Rise and shine.
PANEL 20 Sanders’ monitor screen. A progress bar is stuck at 99%. Huge red text flashes over it. TEXT: WAKE-UP SEQUENCE HANGING. SYNAPTIC OVERLOAD IMMINENT.
PANEL 21 Sarah leans over Sanders' shoulder, authoritative and worried. Dr. Sanders looks annoyed. SARAH: Whoa, Doctor, it's hanging hard. You force a wake-up now, you'll scramble his frontal cortex.
PANEL 22 Dr. Sanders types rapidly, bypassing warnings.DR. SANDERS: Sarah If I don't do something fast his brain is going to be jelly. I'd rather not explain to Halloway, why I liquified a petty criminals brain.