"Blushing mask" Emp Alert throughout this page—and, IIRC, throughout the rest of this volume. (TBH, I don't think I returned to drawing the higher-contrast version of Emp's mask on a regular basis until g-d volume 11 or so.)

:Panels 4 & 5: Gotta say, those alien-language characters are a lot more complicated-looking than the ones I draw nowadays when depicting Lotus Node portals. Then again, Heaven forfend that I actually deign to go back and reference older material, as for some reason I am all too often loath to interrupt my workflow and double-check that I'm drawing existing art and/or story elements correctly; cue those pesky ol' minor continuity errors, needless to say.

-Adam Warren