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[SHOT 3.21 | START FRAME: NB Pro 3.21 output | DURATION: 5s] MCU. @Daniel at door "6." The knock. First 1.5 seconds: from the start frame's pre-knock position — knuckles two inches from walnut — @Daniel holds motionless. His jaw muscle flexes once. A controlled inhale — small chest rise visible in the jacket. The frosted privacy panel above glows with warm honey interior light. He does not blink. 1.5 to 2.0 seconds: THE KNOCK. His right hand moves forward sharply — knuckles strike the walnut door surface with two clean controlled raps. Real wood-on-knuckle contact physics — the impact is felt, not theatrical. His wrist absorbs the rebound naturally. 2.0 to 3.5 seconds: hand withdraws approximately four inches from the door and holds. Silence. @Daniel's eyes are fixed on the frosted panel — watching for movement behind it. His breathing has stopped. Held. The lace-diamond shadow-play on the door surface holds absolutely still. 3.5 to 4.0 seconds: a warm shift in the honey glow of the frosted panel — someone is moving inside. A shadow passes behind the frost, indistinct, unidentifiable. @Daniel's eyes track the shadow micro-movement. 4.0 to 5.0 seconds: the satin-brass pull handle begins to move — pulled from inside. The door starts sliding LEFT-TO- RIGHT in its pocket track. The first inch of movement. Warm interior light spills into the corridor through the widening gap. The clip ends with the door approximately four inches open — a warm vertical stripe of compartment interior light cutting into the cooler corridor darkness. @Daniel's face catches the warm spill on his right cheek. Cut. Camera: locked static, no drift. Focus on knuckles and door surface, @Daniel's profile holds secondary sharpness. Real time. The silence between the knock and the door movement is the longest three seconds of the sequence.