---

Panel 1

QUEEN:
Okay. So. Y’all know I’ve been kind of... MIA.

NAIROBI:
We were two days from sending a wellness basket.

---

Panel 2

QUEEN:
I wasn’t spiraling. I was building. Like... coding. Designing. Fixing my life. Kind of.

DONNA:
And the reason you couldn’t text back during that...?

---

Panel 3

QUEEN:
This... is Onyx. I built him. He’s a virtual assistant. Kinda like Jarvis meets your therapist meets somebody’s fine uncle.

ONYX:
Pleasure. I keep her on track, hydrated, and mostly employable.

---

Panel 4

DONNA:
So you made a man who clocks you and controls your calendar. Sounds familiar.

ONYX:
The difference is I don’t lie, cheat, or play Call of Duty like your ex.

---

Panel 5

NAIROBI:
I like him! He’s got principal energy. Like he says ‘discipline’ and means it.

ONYX:
That’s the nicest thing anyone’s said to me all week.

---

Panel 6

QUEEN:
Stop Encouraging Him!! One video call and y’all already triggered his ego auto-update to v. 7.3.1.