Mr. Guy was so startled by the heavily armed gang nearly running out in front of his car that he lost his shape and color.  Tragic.

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This page has my favorite lighting/coloring of the early comics.  Lightning!  Puddles!  Backlighting from outside the alley!  Rain!  Panels 7 and 8 in general, thanks to the HAAAAAADDDDOOOUKEN!!!  The Kirby Dots were also fun. If it weren’t clear, Shadow’s left (gloved) arm suddenly hurt her, thus her badly-muffled cry and Escutcheon concluding that that’s where she was hiding.  Also, the fancy font in panel 7 is chanting, in this case performed by one of the trio. Title Reference: Blaze is a song from the Vision of Escaflowne soundtrack (#3).  It sort of sets the mood for the last bit of this scene.  Epistle (same album) and Black Escaflowne (from the movie) are also good, though a bit premature for this point in the story.