Everything you see here is all of the context that we get about this scene in the story. Clearly, this was intended as the teaser at the end of the prologue that would make the reader want to rush out and find the rest of the story, but it comes across as more confusing than mysterious.

(Heavy Metal Issue #233, November 2007 – Page 79 The Face of Death by Stern, Bircham, and Osiyemi)