Through flashback, we see the initial outbreak. A man in a supermarket turns, smashes a jar of mayonnaise, and uses the glass shard to carve the cross into his cheeks while screaming about "the wickedness." Burrows’ art here is clinical. He draws the act of self-mutilation with the cold precision of a medical textbook. This is not cartoony violence; it is hyper-realistic.

: A distinctive cross-shaped rash appears on the victim's face.

Squidward: (sighs) I was having such a nice practice session...

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