Panel 1 — The whole transformation
In their temporary Commons sleeping corner, Sada reads a copied before-and-after room sheet. Her daughter's red overshirt lies on the cot. The sheet offers an idealized makeover, not a housing contract. Only hands and cropped sleeves appear.
SADA: A whole new room by supper.
GIRL: Where do they put supper?
Panel 2 — The unfinished part
Her daughter lifts the red overshirt, showing the hanging loop Sada sewed into its neckline. Sada has a small smooth board with one rounded wooden peg.
GIRL: Mine still hasn't got a hook.
SADA: That we can finish.
Panel 3 — What can travel
Sada holds the peg-board and a short cord. No wall is drilled or altered. The board belongs to this small personal arrangement, not a Commons renovation.
GIRL: On the wall?
SADA: On a board. We can't take the wall.
Panel 4 — No larger promise
Sada ties the board securely to the dry foot-end upright of their existing cot, clear of the passage. The cord can be untied. The overshirt is still beside them.
GIRL: Does this mean we're staying?
SADA: No. It means your shirt can hang up.
Panel 5 — A place of its own
The girl hangs her overshirt by its existing loop. The red side faces outward; the garment clears the floor. The removable board can go with them if they move.
GIRL: Here. Red side out.
SADA: Your choice.
Panel 6 — Occupied
The red overshirt hangs from the single peg. The girl sits on the now-clear edge of the cot, cropped below the shoulders. Sada holds the folded makeover sheet. The larger room has not been transformed.
SADA: Not much of a transformation.
GIRL: It was on the bed. Now I can be.