[[The character is sitting on a throne, talking to a minion who's not shown in the panel.]]
Minion: The prisoner escaped and is swimming toward the mainland!
Leader:
Release the sharks.
Minion: Yes, sir.
Minion: The sharks are swimming away.
Leader: They're escaping, too? Send sharks after them!
Minion: Now
those
sharks are swimming away.
Leader:
More sharks.
Minion: ... sir, what's going on?
Leader: Prisoners, of course! Can't let 'em escape!
Minion: Sir, are you trying to turn Doom Island into a marine biology center?
Leader:
Shark populations are in decline--
Leader: *ahem*
Leader: I mean, the world must fear us!
Minion: Right...
{{Title text: 'Now, minions, I'm off to inspect our shark cages.' 'Do you really need to inspect them this often?' 'PRISONERS MUST NEVER ESCAPE.'}}
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