Camera opens on the man in the grey coat still crouched — staring at the white cloth under the bicycle seat.
Slow zoom in.
He doesn’t speak.
Behind the girl — the four men are closer now. No longer just watching.
Sound: low bass tension rising.
The girl’s breathing becomes faster.
Girl (whisper, German):
“Bitte… Sie dürfen nicht fragen…”
The man slowly stands up.
He looks past her — directly at the men.
One of them steps forward into light. Face partially visible. Expression unreadable.
A silent standoff.
Then the man in the grey coat finally speaks — calm, sharp, controlled (German):
“Was ist das hier wirklich?”
The girl flinches.
Suddenly — one of the men behind starts walking fast.
The girl panics.
She grabs the man’s coat.
Girl (almost crying, German):
“Sie haben gesagt… wenn ich es nicht verkaufe…”
She stops mid-sentence.
The man in the grey coat notices everything — the fear, the signal, the cloth, the timing.
He turns slightly toward her bicycle…
And reaches for the white cloth.
CUT RIGHT BEFORE HE TOUCHES IT.
Silence.
Then:
BLACK SCREEN.
