
Dim period bedchamber two days later: curtains drawn, oil lamp low, basin of water, folded cloths, no modern medical equipment. Joon-Ho lies in bed wearing a loose sleeping robe, face sweaty and pale, bandages visible at his right side unde

Top panel: Aldric stands at the foot of Joon-Ho's bed in stiff attendance, hands folded behind his back, brass keys motionless, face fully visible in the dim lamp glow. Bottom panel: Joon-Ho opens his eyes with effort, bandaged side under r

Top panel: Joon-Ho turns his head on the pillow, watching Aldric with exhausted suspicion and dawning comprehension. Bottom panel: close-up of Aldric's profile, scar through eyebrow, expression professional rather than cruel, lamplight cutt

Top panel: Aldric exits through the bedchamber door, leaving Joon-Ho alone in the dim room; his brass keys catch one dull glint. Bottom panel: close-up of the bedside table holding the folded will and three sealed envelopes, oil lamp, ink p

Top panel: Joon-Ho props himself against pillows, grimacing as he breaks the red wax of the first envelope with trembling fingers. Bottom panel: close-up of the opened letter addressed to a creditor, with formal delivery instructions upon d

Top panel: Joon-Ho opens the second envelope with a paper knife, jaw clenched from pain. Bottom panel: the letter lies on the blanket, addressed to the family priest, with instructions for burial, inventory, and who is not to be admitted to

Close-up of Joon-Ho's hand hovering over the third sealed envelope on the blanket. The paper is slightly more worn than the others, its ink darker at the edges. The address reads clearly: To you, since you got this far. Candlelight makes th

Top panel: Joon-Ho tears the seal of the third envelope, bandaged side stiff under his robe, sweat on his temple. Bottom panel: a single sheet of cream parchment fills the frame with one line in angular black handwriting, centered and legib

Tight close-up: Joon-Ho's trembling hand grips the one-line sheet; his face is partly visible behind it, eyes wide and hollow. Candlelight throws a hard black shadow of the paper across his bandaged robe. The room is silent and empty.

Top panel: Joon-Ho's elbow knocks the folded will open on the bedside table beside the oil lamp. Bottom panel: close-up of the will margins now visible, showing three distinct addenda in different older inks—sepia, faded burgundy, and a thi

Top panel: the open will fills most of the page, with older marginal paragraphs signed by unknown names and dates, each in a different hand and ink color; the red wax seal fragment sits near the edge. Bottom panel: Joon-Ho's face in close-u

Top panel: Joon-Ho drags a blank parchment sheet toward him on the bedside table, grimacing as the bandage pulls; his fingers close around a plain quill pen beside an ink pot. Bottom panel: close-up of the pen writing the first line in fres

Wide dim bedchamber shot: Joon-Ho has moved from bed to a small writing desk, hunched and bandaged under a loose robe, long black hair falling loose from the ribbon, candlelight the only source. The will, three opened envelopes, and older m
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