Leo leans in. He kisses Jenny.

"Hey there, stranger," she says, her voice exactly as he remembers. "Took you long enough to come home." Leo tries to run. The exit door leads back to the diner. The parking lot is a painted backdrop that feels like solid concrete. He’s trapped.

Leo takes a breath. And for the first time, he doesn’t answer as Leo the cynical actor. He answers as Sam.

He turns off the set, pats the dog, and whispers to no one: "Well, butter my biscuit."

Kai, against all logic, edits it into a 90-minute "hybrid docu-fiction event." StreamVault releases it with zero marketing, expecting a lawsuit.