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this page (above): Emi: Emmett Yonemura created one of the individual character moments that were woven together, forming the emotional foundation for Storm's good-bye voiceover in Episode 102. (below) Establishing the background helped Yonemura set the tone for the scene between Jean and the Goblin Queen in Episode 3. the Goblin Queen, and when the real Jean returns without her memories, the two women confront one another telepathically and use their shared memories to free themselves from Sinister's control. "I really, really loved exploring this connection between two women … it was about them both feeling together," Yonemura says. For this scene Yonemura leaned into the idea of motherhood. Surrounded by photos of their shared memories, the Goblin Queen shoves Jean through a memory that is hers alone. The women are swallowed by the Goblin Queen's ethereal form into the moment in time in her pregnant belly when she gave birth to her son. By showing her floating in this space, Yonemura used a simple but evocative background to establish the emotional essence of the scene, allowing them, in their sketches, to "really focus on the information that we needed." " What was nice about this weird universe, the psychic universe, is you can do almost anything," Yonemura says. In many ways this is like the storyboarding experience itself. "It's like stepping onto fresh snow," says Kuo. "There's so much you can do." F E AT U R E 32 KEYFRAME