a 1 by 4 grid of four panels from the page of a graphic novel, painterly comic art, muted desaturated grays, heavy atmosphere, film grain. Panel 1: me0wskulls, a slim female anthropomorphic calico cat with cream muzzle and torso, dark violet right ear and face, orange left ear and face, golden half-lidded eyes, long tricolor tail, black claws, wearing a black beanie, a long black band tee with a white skulls design and "Black Katz" lettering across her chest, thumb sleeves, torn black skinny jeans, scuffed white Converse high-tops. She stands frozen in a damp dim alley at night under a single sickly streetlight, hands empty at her sides, tail low, shoulders slumped, staring at a beat-up vending machine with dead fluorescent glow, wet pavement reflecting faint light, heavy depressive mood. Panel 2 (small): her eyes catch a rusted steel pipe propped against the wall beside the machine, a tight shot of her clawed hand reaching toward it, muted light catching the rust. Panel 3: she swings the steel pipe into the glass front of the vending machine, glass caving in and shattering outward in one violent burst, a soda can knocked loose mid-fall, her expression a wild snarl, tail lashing, motion blurred. Panel 4: she crouches over the broken machine and pulls a can of catnip soda free, holding it up in both hands in the dim light, a small genuine exhausted smile on her face, eyes soft, the first warmth in the whole page, cold rain starting to fall in the background.