Establishing shot/low angle. “If you have received this letter then it can be presumed, I have died.”

Establishing shot & pan shot of river bank. “And with my death comes my failure to protect you. To save you.”

Pan shot & wide shot of girl (slight zoom in). “And for that: I am sorry.”

Wide shot behind girl & zoom in. “You do not know me and I have never met you physically. But I know you. I know everything about you.”

Closer wide shot (zoom). “It was necessary to know why you were next, just as it shall be necessary for you to know why I came before you, and why your own successor shall be next should you fail.”

Extreme close up of letter. “It saddens me that this burden will now pass to you, as it was passed to me and the many before us both.”

Wide shot from the side (zoom in). “Understand that you are in danger. You and all you hold dear until the day you die.”

Close up girl’s face. “and the danger will pass to the next person.”

Close up of river. “You must try to succeed where I failed. I will help you the best I can.”

Wide shot of girl’s back. “And accordingly, I have left you my research into the burden that will not begin to haunt you.”

Close up of girl’s face. “To you this will merely be the ramblings of a departed lunatic. To me, this was everything. And while I cannot help you in any physical form, know that I and the many before me will be there to guide you.”

Over shoulder shot, showing figure behind girl. “And in time you will notice us. In the shadows.”