Panel 1: One of the others approaches the man.

Panel 2: He is a younger black man, also dressed in military uniform. He speaks: “Colonel, we just picked up the General’s aircraft on radar.”

Panel 3: A close up of the first man’s wristwatch. It is 3:24 am.

Panel 4: He speaks. “Huh.”

Panel 5: The second man speaks again: “With all due respect, sir, I was beginning to think something happened to him.”

Panel 6: The first man replies, whispering, “If only we were so lucky.”