“They’re also refusing to fund my device that demonstrates uncontrolled hot fusion.”

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[A single frame with a table in the middle. A device consisting of multiple components and electrical wires is on the table. A Cueball stands to the left of the table, and facing him, Ponytail and another Cueball stand to the right of the table.]
Cueball: My layered silicon crystals can amplify or switch current while sitting right here on the table!
Ponytail: Uh huh.
Another Cueball: I see.
[Caption below the panel:] No one is impressed by my discovery of room-temperature semiconductors.
[Title text:] They’re also refusing to fund my device that demonstrates uncontrolled hot fusion.