Panel 1
A market lens studies two customers approaching the same grain scoop and prints different prices.
Caption: The scoop watched the customer before weighing the grain.
LENS STRIP: URGENT BUYER — HIGH MARK.
Panel 2
The customers compare slips for identical bowls.
CUSTOMER 1: Mine costs my hurry.
CUSTOMER 2: Mine costs my coat.
Panel 3
A measurer covers the lens and hangs one standard cup beside one price board, then rings a bell.
MEASURER: Same cup. Same bell. Same price.
Panel 4
A varied queue pays the posted mark while the covered lens prints blank paper.
Caption: For one hour, the market forgot who looked desperate.
VENDOR: How am I meant to know what grain is worth?