Art style: Pixar-like 3D animation, warm expressive characters, rich volumetric lighting, cinematic depth.
0:00-0:02 gust of wind bends the ferns, an owl hoots far off. 0:01 voiceover from the fog (no mouth moves), low urgent voice, clearly audible. 0:03 hard cut to close-up: Alexei jerks his head up, looking past the camera into the fog, and speaks. 0:04-0:06 hard cut to medium: he scrambles ...
