Cinematic night scene inside a rain-streaked parked car. A weary detective in a damp overcoat sits in the driver seat staring through the windshield at a neon-lit storefront. He exhales, then says quietly: "We were never supposed to find her here." The passenger, a younger officer, turns and replies: "Then why did you look?" Rain patters on the roof, distant traffic hum. Anamorphic lens, teal and amber grade, shallow focus.