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One continuous shot, no cuts, 15 seconds. Camera starts wide on all three in the kitchen then tracks WITH Callum as he walks between Elena and Aidan toward camera, orbits around him as he turns back to face them, then follows the reactions. Seconds 1-3: wide shot holding all three in the triangle. Callum is in the doorway with fog and headlights behind him. He begins walking forward into the kitchen — slow, deliberate, unhurried, hands at his sides. Elena lowers her mug, watching him. Aidan shifts in his chair. Camera holds wide as Callum approaches, his footsteps on tile precise and measured. He speaks as he walks, warm and polite, his voice filling the small kitchen. Seconds 4-6: Callum walks BETWEEN Elena and Aidan, passing through their space — he brushes past Elena close enough that she pulls back slightly, and passes Aidan's table close enough to trail his fingers across it casually. He is claiming the room by walking through it. Camera begins tracking backward, keeping pace with him as he approaches, the kitchen sliding past on both sides. He delivers his second line as he passes Elena, not looking at her. He reaches camera and we are now in his medium close-up, the couple behind him. Seconds 7-9: Callum stops walking. Camera begins a smooth orbit around him — counter-clockwise, moving from his face around to his shoulder, revealing Elena and Aidan behind him as the camera rotates. Callum turns his head slowly to look back over his shoulder at them as the camera comes around. We see what he sees — Elena pressed against the counter, Aidan now gripping the table edge, both staring at him. The orbit settles into a wide shot from behind Callum — his dark silhouette foreground, the couple framed in the warm kitchen light beyond him, small, cornered. He speaks his warning line with his back partially to us, aimed at them. Seconds 10-12: Aidan shoves his chair back and stands — the scrape cuts through the room. Camera pushes forward past Callum's shoulder, drifting toward Aidan as he rises to full height. Aidan speaks, low and steady, not breaking eye contact with Callum. His fists are loose but his shoulders are squared. Camera arrives at his medium close-up as he finishes his line. Seconds 13-15: Elena moves. Camera sweeps left, catching her stepping between the two men — bare feet fast on tile. Her hand comes up flat against Aidan's chest. She faces Callum. Camera settles on her in centre frame. She speaks — one sharp sentence that ends the conversation. Silence. Her fingers curl into Aidan's shirt. Nobody moves. The overhead bulb hums. Fog curls through the doorway behind them all. Hold on her unblinking face for two beats. DIALOGUE — flows with the walk: Callum walking in: "I was passing through. Thought I'd check how you're settling in." Passing Elena: "I see you've made a friend." Turning, the warning: "Whatever this is — it ends tonight. For your sake. Both of you." Aidan standing: "Then you'd better explain why. Because I'm not going anywhere." Elena, stepping between, final: "Callum. Say what you came to say. Or get out of my house." Silence. AUDIO: Callum's leather shoes on tile — each step deliberate, echoing in the small kitchen. His fingers trailing across the table surface. Elena's mug touching counter. The chair scraping violently as Aidan stands. Elena's bare feet, two quick steps on tile. Her palm pressing flat on shirt fabric. Car engine ticking outside. Wind through the open door. The overhead bulb buzzing faintly. Their breathing in the final silence. No music. Diegetic only.