just a whimpering puppet, decimated mentally and physically, in awful pain but unable to die.
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Vietnamese (the lead interrogator, with a whip in his hand): Ahh, another American. This one is special , too! Quickly, tie him from the ceiling!
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Two Vietcong soldiers lift the Dream Lord from the floor, and put his hands through two rope loops dangling from the hut's roof.
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Viet Leader (standing close to the Dream Lord, watching): Hurry! This pig will not wait! Alone, he massacred an entire town in its sleep!
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Viet Leader: He crept through their homes like a dream, unnoticed, and killed them all silently. He is a killer and a coward , the worst breed of capitalist madman!
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Now, the Viet Leader is inches away from the Dream Lord, who is hanging helplessly from the ceiling thongs. The leader stares him coldly in the face. Dream Lord doesn't speak in his own defense, knows by now it's useless, he's trapped.
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Viet Leader: We have him now, though. His terrible rampage is ended. Now, we shall repay him with the kindness he showed to our people.
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The Leader slowly reaches for the hilt of the sword in the Dream Lord's chest. Terrified, the Dream Lord watches.
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Dream Lord: Oh, please...don't...
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Viet Leader: And we can be very kind.
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Dream Lord: AAAGGGHH!!
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Closeup of the Leader's hand, twisting the hilt of the sword.
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Closeup of the Leader's hand as he sharply jerks the hilt downward. Dream Lord, off-panel, screams again.
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The Viet Leader steps back and reaches for the handle of a branding iron which is stuck in a pot of hot coals.
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Leader: We like to show our kindness to friends...
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Leader: ...over and over again.
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He jams the red-hot iron against the Dream Lord's abdomen, and the Dream Lord screams again.
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Closeup of the Dream Lord's contorted face. He can't stand any more, but there is no way out. His mask is in shreds and his face is bloody and dripping with sweat. From off-panel, the branding iron sizzles as it burns him again.
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Viet Leader: You see, we can be nice, too.
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The Leader steps away from the Dream Lord, replaces the iron in its pot, and unfurls a barbed whip.
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Viet Leader: Now then, killer, what do you think of our hospitality?
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Closeup of the Leader's cruel face as he lashes Dream Lord with the whip. The Dream Lord shrieks off-panel.
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Viet Leader: You don't enjoy yourself? Too bad.
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Closeup of Dream Lord's devastated face as the whip hits him again. We only hear the sound of the whip, we don't see it make contact.
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Viet Leader (off-panel): Next time, you should choose someplace else for your vacation.
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Medium shot of the Leader as he lashes out again, hitting the Dream Lord off-panel.
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Viet Leader: Untie him! Now, he receives his greatest reward, our deepest thanks...
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The two Vietcong soldiers untie the rope thongs from around the Dream Lord's wrists.
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Viet Leader (off-panel): ...Death!!
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Page 15 (7 panels)
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Silently, the Dream Lord crumples to the ground, where a new portal has opened up. As he falls, his body vanishes into the energy gateway.
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Viet Leader: Grab him! He escapes!
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The Dream Lord is dumped from the portal once more, this time into a scene from his flashbacks. He tumbles in a heap onto the floor of
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