NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 - "Hey Rikayon, something important just ocurred to me...

Rikayon (eyes open, curious):"What's up?"

Rebel #1: "Why should we listen to you? We do all the work while you sit there all day and do nothing."

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon (whispers) with one eye shut or narrowed- "__idiot."

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 - "What?!"

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon - "Nothing."

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 - "Anyway, I just don't understand why you're in charge."

NEXT PANEL:Rikayon - "The nerve of this guy..." Turns his body to another sleep position and points to the air - "See that mountain of clay tablets?

NEXT PANEL: Mountain of tablets.

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 (stares)

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon (continues) - "While you guys are working all day to collect taxes in the hot sun, I'm on the night shift counting income, paying expenses, calculating revenue down to every last deben and shekel, making sure we have enough to keep you all well fed and business growing."

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 (reaction shot) - shocked.

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon (continues with back toward camera in sleep pose) - "Those who do more than they're paid get paid more than what they do."

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 - "Yeah but you don't have to be arrogant about it. Doesn't seem fair. You're just sitting there, doing nothin'."

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon (with both eyes open) "Would you like me to teach you how to read and write then hire you on accounting?"

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 - "Uh, no."

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon - "Then get back to work before you're fired" he replies. "Keep the money comin!"

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 - Walks away grumbling.

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon (looking out at the horizon) - "I may be a bit lazy, but I know what's important. And that's how I got my nickname..."

NEXT PANEL: Rebel #1 (off camera) "Lazy face"

NEXT PANEL: Rikayon (reaction shot) irritable

(continues edit: "weeks later,...")