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continuity lock environment: A ROCKY CLIFFTOP; SC1 EXT. A ROCKY CLIFFTOP – NIGHT. continuity lock lighting: cold wind; NIGHT. The same bitter February night holds over a rocky clifftop, a cold wind cutting across the exposed edge where the land drops into black void. Brant, a Native chief in his sixties with weathered, deeply lined skin and dark braided hair threaded with grey, stands near the precipice in traditional regalia of leather and fur, his posture rigid with authority. Two warriors flank Michael Ramsey, a rugged handsome Black man in his late thirties to early forties, gripping his arms and forcing his torso forward so he stares down the sheer drop. One warrior drives a fist deep into Ramsey's stomach; his body convulses with the impact but his jaw remains clenched, his eyes fixed on Brant with unbroken defiance. The wide frame captures the brutal geometry of the scene—four figures silhouetted against a moonless sky, the violent transaction suspended between the cliff's edge and the endless dark beyond.