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@Aria's body settles out of the skid in the first beat, momentum absorbed, then her head snaps left toward the alley and freezes, eyes locking on something unseen; a hard breath. Chest heaving, rapid shallow breathing fogging faintly, a blink, a swallow, water running off the jaw. Camera is organic handheld with a small reactive re-frame as her head turns, then settles. Focus holds on her face, sharp through the turn. Rain constant, the cold street key steady, the alley mouth beside her a wall of darkness. A sharp arrival then a held freeze, real-time.