2D animated storyboard frame, matching the drawing style of the reference images: clean confident ink linework, flat cel colours, soft cinematic lighting, expressive faces. View past Director Hale's shoulder (ash-blonde bun, grey uniform) toward old bruised Samuel (white hair) at a steel table in a white interrogation room: the bare wall behind Samuel opens into depth and golden light like a window on sunrise, where a tall armoured guardian made of pure light stands still, with two fans of white fire and straight light rays rising from his shoulders — no feathers, no bird wings. Samuel's face lit with wonder and a smile. Hale sees only a plain wall, composure slipping. No text, no letters, no logos, no captions.
