Comic #5534: monster-under-the-bed

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Panel 1:

• Child: "DAD! THERE'S A MONSTER UNDER MY BED!"

Panel 2:

• Father: "I TOLD YOU! THERE'S NO SUCH THING! IT'S 3AM! GO TO SLEEP!"

Panel 3:

• Narration: "5 HOURS LATER…"
• Father: "SON, YOU'RE… COVERED IN BLOOD."
• Child: "THE NIGHT WAS UNKIND, FATHER."

Panel 4:

• Child: "THEY CAME LIKE STORM-WOVEN WAVES. THE BLANKET WAS NO BARRIER."

Panel 5:

• Child: "I PULLED A CHAIR-LEG FROM ITS SOCKET. THE NAIL WAS RAZOR-SHARP. THE MONSTERS' BACKS WERE HARD AND SCALY, BUT THEIR EYES WERE SOFT AS JELLY, FATHER."

Panel 6:

• Child: "I CUT THEM DOWN! MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN! EACH RETALIATION COST ME LESS CONSCIENCE THAN THE LAST!"

Panel 7:

• Child: "WHEN DAWN CAME, I STOOD ATOP THAT CAIRN OF CORPSES! ALIVE! ALIVE BY GOD! ALONE AGAINST THE DARKNESS!"

Panel 8:

• Father: "WOW."
• Father: "GUESS I SHOULD'VE BELIEVED YOU ABOUT THE MONSTERS."
• Child: "I AM THE MONSTER NOW!"