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There are 8 panels.

PANEL 1:Alan is lying on the ground, shivering with cold, his head tilted to the side, looking wearily, his face bruised mainly on his forehead.

PANEL 2:Still shivering, he gets up, supporting himself with his arms, with a little more determination.

PANEL 3:He places his hand next to the twigs he had gathered to try to make a fire. A different hand appears in front of him.

PANEL 4:Wade is crouching, face to face with Alan, who is looking at him, trembling. Wade says tenaciously: "Let's start a fire".

PANEL 5:Alan, with unexpected determination, crouches down, his head very close to the ground. He gets back to building a kind of small bundle of twigs and dry leaves, resembling a small nest.

PANEL 6:Wade begins gathering branches, holding them against his chest with one arm.

PANEL 7:Alan, now in shorts and shirtless, kneels before the tiny pile of twigs, which is relatively close to the riverbank. Alan takes his bandaged sword, the blade exposed just a few centimeters from the hilt, and with his other hand, he grazes the edge by striking it with a small stone in quick, repeated movements to create sparks. These don't ignite the bundle. In the background, a few meters away, Wade is piling up the branches he's gathered on the ground.

PANEL 8:The river's flow is subtly rising with small waves. Alan gets up quickly, decisively, grabs several of the twigs with one hand, and strides away from the water. Further away is Wade, walking into the woods to find more wood.