Bill Mantlo's Alpha Flight comics are notable for having the characters recap the events of the past twenty issues at length, every time they open their mouths. This page is probably the single most impressive example of that tendency!
I mean, at least they're explaining relevant information to the unfortunate Dr Jeffries - a lot of the time, they just tell each other things they already know, for no reason. But since Lionel starts the page by saying "Let me see if I understand this..." I can only assume Alpha Flight have just this minute finished telling him this whole story, and his apparent uncertainty led them all to rehash the entire conversation again!
Meanwhile, Lionel's brother Madison has got a bit confused. It looks like the "To Bochssie's chagrin..." speech bubble should be a thought bubble, and the "Then Langkowski, on turnin' human again..." should have been spoken out loud. I bet he's embarrassed that he accidentally said what he should have just thought to himself. It's no wonder Roger Bochs went mad, too!
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