THE WITNESS MARK INTRODUCTION

Visual description: Mira looks out over the city with a determined expression.

Mira: We stop asking who gets to be believed.

Visual description: She holds the brass ring at her throat.

Mira: We ask what everyone can check.

Visual description: The clockwork bird’s mechanism clicks.

Sound: CLICK

Clockwork bird: That answer will make almost everyone angry.

Mira: Good.

Visual description: Mira and the bird face the broad city skyline from the ruined tower.

Mira: Our anger should be checked too.