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Wide shot from behind and above the two people on the porch steps, looking out past them at the Atlantic. They sit close — she upper-left, he lower- right. Her head tilts slowly toward him, resting a few inches from his shoulder but not touching. His thumb moves faintly over her fingers on the step between them. The dog behind them sighs in sleep and shifts. The cloud-break fades — the amber light withdraws from the scene and the world goes grey-blue and cool around them. The fog on the water thickens slightly. A single gull crosses the sky above the boatyard. Camera begins a very slow pull-back and rise, widening the frame, making them smaller against the ocean. The pull-back continues for the full clip — they shrink in the frame as the world gets bigger around them. Two small people against the Atlantic. At second 6: a single low cello note enters — barely there, felt more than heard. It does not become a melody. It holds. AUDIO: wind off the Atlantic, constant. Waves on rocks. The gull cry. The dog sighing. The cello note entering at second 6, low and warm, sustained through the end. Diegetic sound underneath the note. The pull-back reveals the sound of the wider world — more wind, more waves, the boatyard creaking in the distance.