panel 1: the empress, still half in shadow but now more revealed, continues to speak down to the bronzeblood, "you and your team have run output tests for weeks. Based on your numbers, you were provided with an appropriately gifted psionic."
panel 2: the bronzeblood stares with apprehension and fear at the floor, the empress's words making them freeze momentarily, "you weren't *lying* about the results, were you?"
panel 3: the bronzeblood, defeated, replies "...no your majesty." to which the empress gives a curt "good. prepare for launch."
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