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A complete vertical 2:3 comic-book page rendered with AstroWitchV01K2T, arranged as seven panels around one dominant central vision. The page continues immediately after Mara follows the creature into the subway system. Detective Mara Vale retains her established pale olive skin, athletic body, angular face, green eyes, long rain-soaked dark-brown hair, white blouse, black leather jacket, black trousers, black boots, and organic armored right arm. The spectral warrior introduced on this page remains visually consistent in every panel in which she appears. Every speech balloon stays within the speaker’s panel, with a distinct tail ending beside the correct mouth. The spectral warrior’s balloons have glowing pale borders, while the creatures’ balloons use jagged black borders. Panel one is a narrow horizontal strip across the entire top. It shows an abandoned underground subway platform at midnight. Broken white tiles, rusted benches, torn posters, exposed wires, and flickering fluorescent lamps extend into the distance. A rectangular station sign on the tiled wall reads exactly: “BLEECKER STREET”. Mara stands alone in the far-left third, holding her armored right arm close to her body while looking toward the dark train tunnel on the right. Her left hand holds the torn piece of the cultist’s brown coat. A glowing red symbol has appeared on the palm of her armored hand and points toward the tunnel. A narration box in the upper-left reads exactly: “THE THING IN MY ARM PULLED ME DEEPER.” A white speech balloon beside Mara’s mouth has a tail touching her lips and reads exactly: “THIS PLACE SHOULD BE EMPTY.” Panel two is a small square panel beneath the left side of panel one. It shows a close-up of Mara’s organic palm. The red circular symbol glows inside black metal plates while thin crimson tendrils move across her wrist. A small luminous sound effect above the symbol reads exactly: “THUM”. A narration box in the upper-left reads exactly: “IT BEAT LIKE A SECOND HEART.” Panel three is the dominant central splash panel occupying most of the middle of the page. Mara stands in a three-quarter full-body pose on the platform, positioned slightly below and to the left of center. Her boots are planted apart, her human left hand held behind her for balance, and her armored right arm extended toward a column of red-and-gold light rising from the tracks. Behind her appears the translucent spectral form of Nyra, the previous bearer. Nyra is a tall adult woman with dark bronze skin, a long regal face, luminous white eyes, and waist-length silver hair floating around her. She wears ancient black organic armor covering both arms, her shoulders, chest, hips, and thighs, with curved gold-edged blades and a crown-like formation rising behind her head. Nyra stands directly behind and above Mara without replacing or overlapping Mara’s face. Nyra’s right hand reaches toward Mara’s armored wrist while her left hand holds a long spectral blade. Mara looks upward toward Nyra with widened eyes and parted lips. A white speech balloon beside Mara’s mouth has a tail ending directly at her lips and reads exactly: “WHO ARE YOU?” A glowing pale speech balloon above Nyra has a luminous tail ending beside Nyra’s mouth and reads exactly: “I AM NYRA, THE BEARER BEFORE YOU.” Panel four is a small vertical panel placed along the upper-right edge of the central splash. It shows a close-up of Mara’s face in three-quarter profile. Her green eyes reflect Nyra’s glowing form, and her expression mixes fear, disbelief, and fascination. Her wet hair clings to her cheek. A white speech balloon beside Mara’s mouth has a tail pointing directly to her lips and reads exactly: “BEARER OF WHAT?” Panel five is positioned beneath panel four. It shows Nyra from the shoulders upward, her silver hair floating around the sharp crown of her armor. Her luminous white eyes look directly toward Mara rather than toward the viewer. A glowing pale speech balloon above Nyra has a tail ending at Nyra’s mouth and reads exactly: “OF THE WITCHBLADE.” A second smaller glowing balloon beneath it, also with a tail pointing to Nyra, reads exactly: “IT CHOOSES A WARRIOR WHEN DARKNESS RETURNS.” Panel six is a wide lower-left panel. Three skeletal creatures crawl from the train tunnel. The first creature grips the platform edge with elongated black claws. The second crawls along the tiled wall above it. The third remains deeper in the tunnel, visible through six yellow eyes. Mara stands in the right foreground of this panel, turning toward them and clenching her armored fist. Nyra’s translucent form fades behind her. A jagged black speech balloon above the nearest creature has its tail ending at the creature’s open jaw and reads exactly: “THE LINE ENDS WITH HER.” Mara has a white speech balloon beside her face with a tail pointing to her mouth and reading exactly: “NOT TONIGHT.” Panel seven spans the entire bottom width. A subway train bursts from the tunnel behind the creatures, its bright twin headlights creating hard white light, sparks, smoke, and violent air movement. Mara stands close to the platform edge in the left foreground, shielding her face with her armored arm. The creatures twist toward the oncoming train. Mara’s leather jacket and long hair stream backward in the rushing air. A giant mechanical sound effect follows the direction of the train and reads exactly: “ROOOOAAAM”. A narration box in the lower-right reads exactly: “THE DEAD HAD BEEN WAITING. SO HAD THE TRAIN.”