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[[Man and woman are in the same panel]] Woman: we need to talk.
[[Pans back to a panel with a window, which the man looks back at]]
[[Man throws grenade]] <<POW>>
[[Grenade fizzles, man and woman both look down at it]] <<sssss>>
Woman: [[puts her hand to her face]]<<cough>>
[[Alarm above them starts beeping]][[Man and woman look up]]
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP--
[[Man and woman look down at the grenade again]]
[[Man slowly walks away as the alarm continues to beep]]
[[Man opens the window]] <<Rattle rattle>>
[[Pans back to the full view, the alarm is still beeping and the man looks back at the woman, who is face-palming]]
[[Woman walks away, man looks at window]]
{{Alt-Text: 'The sad thing is that I just wanted to talk about your poor smoke-bomb techniques.'}}
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