The best seeing is done before you decide what you're looking at.

Clark's calendar: External mtg, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, no location, no participants. Clark doesn't tag things external.

Alexis mentions it to Rachel in a half-sentence. That's the whole conversation. Between them, in the unsaid space they've built over months, the same shape: not alarm, not conclusion. Just attention given to a thing worth watching.

Clark returns before noon. Unremarkable. Asks Cole about Wednesday's shoot. His notebook lies open on his desk with the weight of something added to, not finished.

On the way back from the location scout: "He went alone." / "Yeah." End of conversation.

Featured: Alexis Parker, strategist. Rachel Donovan, second unit. Clark Edwards, principal.

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