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Stop-motion film still, single frame, Steve Burton puppet style, handcrafted clay and fabric aesthetic. CRITICAL INSTRUCTION: Direct continuation of SCENE 1 and SCENE 2. EXACT SAME ROOM. EXACT SAME GIRL puppet. EXACT SAME RADIO. EXACT SAME STOOL. EXACT SAME EVERYTHING. ONLY DIFFERENCES: lighting shifted colder and bluer, radio glow changed from amber to cold corpse-blue, girl's expression and pose changed to fear, rogue shadow now separated from girl. EVERYTHING ELSE IDENTICAL. DO NOT REDESIGN. DO NOT CHANGE. Atmosphere shifted decisively toward supernatural dread. SAME 1990s post-soviet apartment living room. SAME embossed floral wallpaper — flower-faces now silently screaming, dozens of them. SAME linoleum floor with SAME geometric pattern and SAME cracked tile — dark puddle now larger, rippling inward against gravity. SAME dark polished wood sideboard. SAME white crocheted doily now soaked with dark substance dripping from radio. SAME porcelain ballerina figurine — now facing the wall, head bowed, arms covering face. SAME VINTAGE RADIO — EXACT SAME "Spīdola" transistor, SAME wood panels, SAME plastic front, SAME cracked veins, SAME tarnished chipped brass knobs, SAME frequency dial with bloody fingerprint, SAME frayed beige textile grille, SAME dark stain, SAME bent antenna. Radio glow NOW COLD CORPSE-BLUE instead of amber — pulsing weaker, dying-light blue, speaker cone still moving, frequency dial spinning on its own, numbers blurring. From speaker grille: faint wisps of cold vapor curling outward like breath on winter day, forming vague suggestions of reaching fingers. The dark stain now dripping down sideboard front — thick, dark, like old blood, forming a small pool on floor. SAME overhead lamp swinging wider — SAME pendulum shadows now lagging behind lamp movement, out of sync. SAME dust motes now frozen mid-air except those near radio which spiral faster. SAME GIRL — EXACT SAME thin pale round clay face. EXACT SAME fingerprints on cheeks plus adult print now joined by fresh press-marks as if invisible hands squeezing. EXACT SAME large round glass eyes — EXACT SAME hazel-green hand-painted irises, pupils NOW CONTRACTED TO PINPOINTS despite dim light — wrong physiology. Cold blue radio light reflected in eyes instead of amber. EXACT SAME dark brown fiber eyelashes. EXACT SAME thin brown eyebrow arcs — now raised. EXACT SAME small rounded nose. EXACT SAME pale pink lips — now parted open, smirk completely erased, expression of dawning terror. EXACT SAME short uneven dark brown choppy scissor-cut hair — EXACT SAME length, texture, no bangs, EXACT SAME single white streak now slightly wider, spreading. EXACT SAME mustard-yellow and brown zigzag sweater — hidden letters now clearly spelling something legible. EXACT SAME stretched collar. EXACT SAME sleeves covering half palms. EXACT SAME pills and fuzz. EXACT SAME burgundy leggings. EXACT SAME gray wool socks with EXACT SAME toe hole. EXACT SAME chipped pale pink nail polish. Sitting on EXACT SAME stool — SAME cracked leatherette, SAME face pattern, but stool legs now sinking slightly into linoleum as if floor softening. POSE DIFFERENT: Girl frozen mid-action. Hand with half-eaten Soviet "iris" butterscotch candy suspended near open mouth — candy wrapper undone, candy inside darkened and spoiled, wriggling with tiny white things. Other hand gripping stool edge, knuckles white, clay fingers digging in leaving gouges. Her shadow ON WALL HAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED — it stands to her left, independent, head cocked at impossible angle, watching her. Cold blue light illuminates her face from below — making features skull-like. Cool mist pooling around stool base, thin vapor tendrils curling up her ankles. Camera: medium close-up, girl slightly off-center, rogue shadow occupying negative space, spectral vapor fingers from radio reaching into frame foreground out of focus. SAME film grain now heavier. SAME ghost orbs increased. SAME tactile textures. NOTHING REDESIGNED. NEGATIVE PROMPT: smooth, CGI, photorealistic, glossy, digital 3D, Pixar, Disney, cartoon, flat illustration, 2D vector, perfect skin, symmetrical face, plastic texture, modern interior, contemporary furniture, bright daylight, neon lighting, futuristic, anime, cel-shaded, visible armature wires, different face, different room, different layout, different furniture, different wallpaper, different floor, different radio, different stool, different hair length, different hair style, different hair color, different sweater pattern, different sweater color, different leggings, different socks, redesign, remodel, set change, normal shadow behavior, attached shadow, mutation, extra limbs, morphing, warping, character drift, cheerful, normal lighting.