9EXT. THE TIDEFLAT – MORNING *9

Golden morning, lit from straight above. Low water, as requested. *

Grey mud with ripple marks. Steam leans right to left in an east wind. *

A brass pipe runs to a basalt hut: the wellhead. Through its window, rows of valves. The gauge reads 47. *

The lighthouse stands on the headland to the right. *

A crack in the mud breathes steam, straight and even. *

The board clacks: LOW WATER: NOW. YOU ARE WELCOME. *

THE HARBOUR is along the shore, to the left. PULL BACK goes back to the water.