INT. - DR. PANTHER'S OFFICE - DAY

Dr. Ocean Panther paced her office, hands clenched before her as she fought to steady her nerves. All of her attempts to settle her anxiety failed, the technique of deep breathing exercises after meditation doing nothing to soften the edges of her rising panic.

They'd never failed her before. But this was no ordinary circumstance and, thanks to Mama Roan's recent conversation, never would be again.

Cici paused at last by the ...