CHARACTER LOCK — HIGHEST PRIORITY (applies separately to @image1, @image2, @image3): Each character in every shot is exactly the character in their own reference image. Photocopy facial identity from the matching tag. Preserve facial structure, eye shape and spacing, eyebrows, nose, mouth, exact skin tone, hairline, hairstyle, hair length, texture and colour, freckles and distinctive marks, apparent age, build and body proportions — identically, shot to shot. Preserve each parent’s gender presentation exactly as shown; do not masculinize, feminize or otherwise reinterpret it. Do not beautify, slim, de-age, restyle hair, or morph any face into another. Never swap the three identities. Do not invent extra leads. Do not describe the faces — follow the images only. @image1 is the child. Photocopy @image1 exactly: same face, same hair, same skin, same body and the same clothes as in the photo. This is the child in the photo at their own age, not a recast, not a different kid. Clothing from @image1 stays on them the whole film. @image2 is the first parent (sleeping, then waking). Photocopy @image2 exactly: same face, same hair, same features. Never swap with @image3. @image3 is the second parent (pickup at the door). Photocopy @image3 exactly: same face, same hair, any facial hair, and the same clothes as in the photo. Never swap with @image2. Ignore any checkerboard behind @image3 — that is not part of the set. HANDS: always anatomically correct with five fingers each, naturally proportioned, including the child’s hands, in every shot they appear. Never open on a studio headshot, a garden still, a checkerboard, or the attached photos as frame 0. First frame is already in the bedroom, in-scene. 19 seconds. 9:16 vertical. Heartwarming cinematic 3D animated short film, high-quality family-animation style (premium animated-movie look, not live-action photoreal street). Expressive characters, realistic soft skin and hair on the locked faces, detailed facial expressions, physically accurate lighting, warm golden color palette, soft shadows, realistic cloth and blanket textures, smooth natural body movement, cinematic depth of field, subtle camera motion. AUDIO (native, synced): quiet morning household only — soft breathing, bed sheets, small feet on wood, a gentle door, a warm parent laugh. No BGM, no score, no songs, no on-screen text. SCENE 1 — 0–5s: Warm cozy bedroom. The child (@image1) sits behind the sleeping parent (@image2) on a comfortable bed and gently touches and plays with their hair. @image2 sleeps peacefully, head on a soft pillow. The child smiles mischievously, looking at them with curiosity. Warm golden morning sunlight through sheer curtains. Cozy wooden bed, bedside lamp, soft blankets. Cinematic close-ups, shallow depth of field, soft volumetric lighting. Faces match their tags. SCENE 2 — 5–9s: The child slowly crawls over the bed toward the edge. @image2 begins to wake, looking surprised as they realize the child is moving away, raising their head and reaching toward the child. The child continues crawling with an excited expression. Natural character movement. Faces still match @image1 and @image2. SCENE 3 — 9–13s: The child carefully climbs down from the bed and crawls across the bedroom floor toward the open doorway. Camera follows from behind at the child’s eye level. Warm wooden flooring, soft morning light, cozy home interior, cinematic tracking shot. The child is still @image1 in the same clothes. SCENE 4 — 13–16s: The child crawls through the hallway toward the entrance of the home, camera smoothly following from behind across the polished wooden floor. Tiny hands and knees move naturally. Emotional, playful family atmosphere. SCENE 5 — 16–19s: @image3 appears and picks up the child, smiling warmly and looking at them with affection. The child happily touches @image3's face and gives a gentle kiss on the cheek. Warm indoor lighting, emotional close-up, beautiful family moment. Both faces photocopy their tags. CAMERA: Smooth cinematic camera movement, close-ups, medium shots, low-angle child perspective, gentle tracking shots, shallow depth of field, natural focus transitions. No text, no subtitles, no logos, no burned-in watermark, no BGM, no distorted anatomy, no extra fingers or limbs, no flickering, no sudden character changes, no garden terrace from @image1, no checkerboard from @image3. NEGATIVE: age recast of @image1, swapped parents, third invented adult, studio grey still as frame 0, live-action street photoreal that drops the 3D family-film look, on-screen type.