By now I think I had a pretty good handle on what you could do with six panels.

First panel: Sully doesn't even consider that the Fans could have taken Thack out unless they had an agency backing them up. "Agent Skully" is the fictional character who appears on The XYZ-Files, Agent Sully is the real person for whom the fictional TV show provides the perfect cover.

Rumy's two steps forward in panel 4 are a nice touch.