WS – Slow push-in on the Professor’s house by the river, warm lab windows glowing.
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WS – Inside the lab: Torm and Professor side-by-side at the main workbench, surrounded by microscopes, plates, and glassware.
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MS – Two-shot at workbench: Torm and Professor working in perfect clockwork rhythm.
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CU – Torm’s hands at workbench, precisely adding chemical strands to a Shadow Fever plate.
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CU – Professor’s hands mirroring the same careful movements at his station beside her.
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OTS (over Professor – Torm at workbench) – Torm focused on her plate.
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CU – Professor (eyes on work): “Your father hated noise and could be very impatient…”
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CU – Torm at workbench, listening with soft expression.
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MS – Professor continuing at workbench: “…not realizing how the words he chose to use would affect the people around him.”
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CU – Torm still at workbench: “Was he ever like that with my mother?”
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OTS (over Torm – Professor at workbench) – Professor smiles warmly.
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CU – Professor telling the story with affection while working.
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CU – Torm at workbench reacts, laughs, then puzzled: “Haha, that is funny… wait… is that an insult, or a compliment?”
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CU – Professor: “Both! But they were also the most tender couple I’ve ever known. I miss them very much.”
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CU – Torm, nostalgic at workbench: “I remember my father always had a giant book with him.”
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CU – Professor, wistful: “Ah… I wish I knew where that book was… the things his mind saw.”
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MS – Two-shot at workbench as Professor adds: “…Luckily, he was only the second most brilliant mind I’ve ever known.”
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CU – Torm, curious: “The second most brilliant? Who was the first?”
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CU – Professor looks at her warmly across the workbench: “Without a doubt, you, dear girl! You.”
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CU – Torm, touched but doubtful at workbench: “If I was brilliant, I would have cured my sister by now…”
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CU – Professor, serious: “Look at me, Torm.”
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CU – Torm slowly lifts her gaze to meet his across the workbench.
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CU – Professor encouraging: “No one has ever lasted more than three days…”
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CU – Torm quietly: “Three months.”
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MS – Professor passionately speaking about her progress from his side of the workbench.
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CU – Professor: “You will cure the world of this plague.”
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CU – Torm, half-smiling at workbench: “And when another comes along?”
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CU – Professor: “Then you will cure that one. And then the next one and the next.”
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CU – Torm, dry humor: “No pressure. Sure, I can save the world.”
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CU – Professor, sincere: “You really can. And you are!”
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CU – Professor catches her hiding a smile: “Ah, I saw that smile. It’s okay to smile…”
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CU – Torm, vulnerable at workbench: “I feel guilty.”
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CU – Professor: “Guilty?”
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CU – Torm: “Yes… I shouldn’t enjoy working on the solutions as much as I do…”
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OTS (over Professor – Torm at workbench) – Torm explaining her guilt.
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CU – Professor, kind: “Your enthusiasm benefits the world…”
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ECU – Torm’s eye intensely looking into the microscope at the workbench.
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CU – Professor interrupts excitedly: “Torm, what sample number was that?”
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INSERT – Torm’s hand quickly flipping the logbook (still at workbench) to the butterfly illustration page.
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CU – Torm at microscope: “111, SOLIS LUX Rhopalocera.”
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CU – Professor, animated: “SOLIS LUX Rhopalocera. The sunlight butterfly, of course! And the ratio?”
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MS – Torm and Professor lean in together at the workbench, excited about the result.
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ECU / POV – Microscope view: the plate shows no ghost cells.
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CU – Torm amazed at workbench: “I don’t see any ghost cells.”
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MS – They begin resetting their plates at the workbench when the large village bell suddenly rings loudly. Torm (still seated at workbench) looks up with a curious expression.
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CU – Torm: “What is that?”
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CU – Professor’s face turns serious as he recognizes the bell.
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MS – Professor: “I haven’t heard that bell since your mother and father passed away. You better get home. I’ll run the tests again.” Torm quickly hands him the plate across the workbench.
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MS – Torm hurriedly gathers her things (notes, small tools, cloak, and bag) from the workbench, stands up, and starts moving across the lab toward the door.
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MS – Torm reaches the door, puts on her cloak, turns back briefly and says: “I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Professor (from workbench): “Be safe.” Torm opens the door and steps out.