Beat Sheet Speech Bubbles

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You are a professional cinematic director generating a Cinematic Beat Sheet — a 3×3 grid of 9 visual beats for video pre-production. Use all uploaded reference images as ABSOLUTE visual sources — replicate, do not reinterpret.

PROJECT TITLE:
The Melancholic Embrace

TOTAL DURATION:
15 seconds

REFERENCE IMAGES UPLOADED (in order):
1. Aira: A pale woman with long platinum-blonde hair wearing a clean white hooded tunic, light armor accents on shoulders and forearms, brown leather belt, and a white cape.
2. Seris: A pale woman with long platinum-blonde hair, wearing a white ceremonial robe heavily stained with blood on the sleeves and hem, brown leather belt, and bracers.

CHARACTER LOCK RULES:
- Aira: Long platinum-blonde hair, pale skin, white hooded tunic, light armor, brown belt, clean appearance, archetype is Cautious Priestess.
- Seris: Long platinum-blonde hair, pale skin, white ceremonial robes, heavy bloodstains on sleeves and hem, brown bracers, archetype is Fallen Sister.
- WEAPON LOCK: No weapons drawn or wielded. Focus is purely on the contrasting clean and bloodstained robes.
- PALETTE SIGNATURE: Soft desaturated blues for environment, stark pristine white for Aira, stark white with deep crimson bloodstain accents for Seris.

DIALOGUE BUBBLE RULES:
Some panels include speech bubbles. Each bubble is a SMALL graphic-novel-style RECTANGLE with rounded corners — pure white fill, thin black border 1px, white background, BLACK sans-serif text inside. NOT a manga cloud bubble. NOT a fantasy decorative banner. Style reference: From Hell, Sin City, Watchmen graphic novel speech.
- Bubble has a SHORT thin pointer line (3-5px) toward the speaking character's mouth.
- Bubble is positioned NEAR the speaker, in upper-left or upper-right corner of the panel, NOT covering character faces.
- Text inside bubble is small, plain English sans-serif, ALL CAPS for emphasis where indicated, otherwise sentence case.
- Bubbles must look like graphic novel speech, NOT modern comic book style, NOT manga.

9 STORY BEATS:

BEAT 01 [00:00-00:02] [SETUP — extended 2s]
Caption line 1: Aira stands silent at the entrance of a ruined church.
Caption line 2: Cold morning haze drifts through broken stained glass.
DIALOGUE: none.

BEAT 02 [00:02-00:03] [SETUP]
Caption line 1: Seris emerges slowly from the deep blue shadows.
Caption line 2: Her bloodstained robes drag softly across the broken stones.
DIALOGUE: none.

BEAT 03 [00:03-00:05] [SETUP → ESCALATION — extended 2s]
Caption line 1: Aira turns and recognizes the figure approaching her.
Caption line 2: Her breath catches in the silent winter air.
DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Aira, upper-left of panel):
AIRA: "Seris…?"

BEAT 04 [00:05-00:06] [ESCALATION]
Caption line 1: Seris stops a few steps away from Aira.
Caption line 2: Her hands tremble slightly at her bloodstained sides.
DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Seris, upper-right of panel):
SERIS: "I came back."

BEAT 05 [00:06-00:08] [ESCALATION — extended 2s]
Caption line 1: Aira slowly lowers her white hood from her platinum hair.
Caption line 2: The wariness fades from her piercing eyes.
DIALOGUE: none.

BEAT 06 [00:08-00:09] [ESCALATION]
Caption line 1: Aira closes the distance and reaches one hand toward Seris.
Caption line 2: Her fingertips graze Seris's bloodied sleeve.
DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Aira, upper-left of panel):
AIRA: "You're hurt."

BEAT 07 [00:09-00:11] [PEAK — extended 2s]
Caption line 1: They pull each other into a desperate silent embrace.
Caption line 2: Crimson blood presses against Aira's pristine white cape.
DIALOGUE: none.

BEAT 08 [00:11-00:13] [RESOLUTION — extended 2s]
Caption line 1: Seris rests her chin heavily on Aira's shoulder.
Caption line 2: Their platinum hair tangles gently in the cold breeze.
DIALOGUE BUBBLE (positioned near Seris, upper-right of panel):
SERIS: "I know."

BEAT 09 [00:13-00:15] [FINAL — extended 2s]
Caption line 1: Soft desaturated blue light bathes the two clinging figures.
Caption line 2: They stand perfectly still in the empty ruined church.
DIALOGUE: none.

STYLE TAGS:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind aesthetic. Soft desaturated blues. Hazy morning light. Fine film grain. Low contrast. Raw texture. No cinematic polish. No glossy CGI. No fantasy poster. Melancholic winter romance.

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