FOLIO A - RITUAL CHAMBER: an archival film still of a near-empty institute editing chamber, large walls carrying the cream-and-dark stepped-cross institute tile. At center, a venerated film-editing apparatus with reels, prompt cards, voice boxes, and generated frames rests on a real hex lattice conveyor altar. Signal cyan appears only as a short row of neon tubes above the bench. Oblique corner camera, hard chiaroscuro, robed backs only. Numbered callouts: 1 skill reel, 2 voice cassette, 3 render chute. Bureau seal struck once. One frame is quietly threaded backwards. Output in exactly 1122 x 1402 px, 4:5 portrait ratio.