ALT Panel 1: Val stumbles backwards, flailing her arms, as Audrey looks at her with a motherly smile, a beam of light literally emanating from his face like it's a spotlight. Panel 2: The light beam dissipates slightly as Val falls on her butt and crushes a few errant pizza boxes with a "CRK". Panel 3: Audrey continues smiling sweetly and says "Val, that black mold thing ... was a lie, wasn't it." Panel 4: Val begins panicking, flopping over from the pizza boxes onto her shins and stammering "I -- I was trying to buy time to CLEAN MY ROOM. B-but -- I couldn't even do THAT because --"

ALT Panel 5: The joy vanishes from Audrey's expression and is replaced with surprise as Val seemingly pauses speaking for a few seconds. Panel 6: Tears well in Val's eyes as she can no longer meet Audrey's gaze or hold her composure. She says "Because I'm a fuck-up. And you shouldn't be friends with me." Panel 7: Audrey squats down to touch her shoulder, saying "Val ..." Panel 8: Still crying but now with a frustrated, tense expression, having an outburst, Val says "Oh, WHAT, Audrey???" and raises her hands up to gesture towards him.

ALT Panel 9: Val, now standing on her knees and slightly exceeding Audrey's squating height, gestures back at her very messy room littered with mail, takeout bags, and cans, and says "You gonna tell me I'm not a GROSS LOSER?? Are you gonna look me in the eyes, in the middle of this DUMPSTER of a room, and DENY REALITY???" Panel 10: Audrey, looking bored now and looking away from Val, replies "Okay. You're a loser, Val." Panel 11: Val has her eyes wide and mouth agape. The background is totally white. She is shocked that he actually said it. Panel 12: Closeup of the part of Val's room with the now-crushed two pizza boxes. There is also a paper towel roll, a box from a delivery, an unopened envelope, two used paper towels, and a takeout bag there on the stained floor. Audrey continues to speak, saying "looking around here, there's no denying that you're LOSING."

ALT Panel 13: Closeup of Audrey's mouth from the side, as he says "But" Panel 14: Audrey puts his face close to Val's with a wide-eyed, intense expression, which she seems to match out of surprise. "What GAME are you playing, exactly?" he says, "On what DIFFICULTY?" Panel 15: Audrey's expression turns back to his usual one of compassion as he and Val look at each other and he says "Nobody is good at EVERYTHING, VAL. And we're all made to play games in life that aren't DESIGNED for us." Panel 16: Audrey puts his arms between his knees, still in squatted position, and puts his palms together. The sunlight from the window illuminates him in a warm glow and he winks, his one open eye glistening. "But I think we can find a way to beat this one. In co-op mode," he says "What do you say, girlie?"