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Jesse, smooth.
- JESSEDeal.
- JESSEDev. Stand up.
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Dev stands. He has palmed the USB into his sleeve. The Operative does not see it.
- DEVI need a stick. Mine landed across the floor.
- OPERATIVEThere is a snare drum on the second crate to your left. Take the sticks from it.
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Dev crosses to the crate. Picks up two drumsticks from a confiscated kit. He turns. He walks back toward Jesse. Past the Amp Box, just slightly — close enough that, mid-stride, the USB drops from his sleeve into his other palm and his hand brushes the top of the Amp Box's input panel. The plug seats. The pilot light flickers. Allred — sleight of hand made visible to the reader, invisible to the Operative. Trust the reader. Dev's hand passes the Amp Box and the USB clicks in. Show the click in a single small inset panel.
No copy.
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Dev arrives next to Jesse. Hands him no sticks — his sticks. Looks Jesse in the eye. Mouths a single word.
- DEV(mouthed, no balloon)Now.
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Jesse — without changing his expression — strums the green guitar. The cable is still uplugged from the Amp Box. The strum is acoustic-only. The Operative hears it. The Operative is mid-blink. The Amp Box's pilot light — green.