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Close-up of the woman holding the mug near her lips. Only she is in frame. Camera holds steady with faintest organic drift. Seconds 1-3: she brings the mug to her lips and takes one small slow sip. Her eyes stay looking LEFT toward the ocean. She is far away. She lowers the mug a few inches after, holding it in both hands. Steam curls. Second 4: complete stillness. Her eyes stare straight LEFT at the water. Not at camera. Her mouth closed. She does not blink. Nothing moves except steam and wind in her hair. One full second of held silence. Seconds 5-6: she blinks once. She comes back. Her eyes shift from LEFT and then move DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT — looking downward at an angle because the man is sitting on a LOWER step below her. Her head turns and tilts DOWN to follow her eyes — chin dropping slightly as she looks down toward him. The angle of her gaze is clearly DOWNWARD, not level. She is looking down at someone sitting below her. Her expression shifts from distant to present and almost warm as she finds him below her. Seconds 7-8: she is now looking DOWN-RIGHT at the man below her off-frame. Her chin is tilted down. HER MOUTH OPENS AND SHE SPEAKS clearly, looking down at him: "You know what's strange about this town? Everyone looks at me like they're waiting for me to explain myself." Her mouth closes. She holds the downward look. Hold. AUDIO: seconds 1-3: lips on ceramic rim, quiet sip, ocean waves steady. Second 4: near silence, wind and steam only. Seconds 5-6: sweater fabric shifting as she turns, mug settling in her hands. Seconds 7-8: her voice close and natural, conversational, directed downward. Ocean underneath. No music. Diegetic only.