CHARACTER LOCK — HIGHEST PRIORITY (applies separately to @image1 and @image2): 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. Refer to both only as they/them. Do not beautify, slim, de-age, restyle hair, or morph any face into another. Never swap the two identities. Do not invent extra leads. Do not describe the faces — follow the images only. @image1 is the younger sibling. Photocopy @image1 exactly: same child face, same hair, same skin, same body, same cream floral embroidered romper from the still. Clothing from @image1 stays on them the whole film. They do not hold the necklace from the still. @image2 is the older sibling. Photocopy @image2 exactly: same child face, same hair, same skin, same body, same cream short-sleeve mandarin shirt with blue geometric embroidery and matching cream trousers from the still. Clothing from @image2 stays on them the whole film. Never swap with @image1. Never recast either child as an adult. HANDS: hands are always anatomically correct with five fingers each, naturally proportioned, in every shot they appear. PROP CONTINUITY: the flashlight and the blanket are both present from Scene 1 onward — nothing new appears later that was not already established. CAUSALITY LOCK: the only light sources are the flashlight beam (held by @image2) and brief natural lightning flashes through the window — the wall shadow shapes only appear because of the flashlight beam directly shown causing them. PACING: despite the storm setting, all human motion stays calm, slow and reassuring throughout — no panicked or frantic movement; the only quick element is a single brief lightning flash. Never open on a studio headshot, grey seamless, white cyclorama, checkerboard cutout, or the attached photos as frame 0. First frame is already in the child’s bedroom, in-scene. 18 seconds. 9:16 vertical. Heartwarming cinematic 3D animated short film in a high-quality family-animation style — a cozy bedtime story moment during a nighttime storm. Premium animated-movie look, not live-action street photoreal. Expressive characters, realistic soft skin and hair on the locked faces, detailed facial expressions, physically accurate lighting, warm-to-cool nighttime color palette, soft shadows, realistic fabric and blanket textures, smooth natural body movement, cinematic depth of field, subtle camera motion, high-end animated movie quality, polished rendering, emotionally wholesome storytelling. AUDIO (native, synced, diegetic only): distant thunder, rain on the window, a flashlight click, quiet fabric, a small shared laugh, a goodnight hug. No BGM, no score, no songs, no on-screen text. SCENE 1 — 0–5s: A soft flash of lightning briefly lights the window as @image1 sits up in bed, startled by the thunder outside. @image2 quietly enters the room holding a flashlight and the blanket, sitting down beside the bed with a warm, reassuring smile. SCENE 2 — 5–10s: @image2 switches on the flashlight and gently shapes their hands to cast a butterfly-shaped shadow on the wall, moving it slowly and playfully. @image1 watches, curiosity replacing fear, a small smile appearing. SCENE 3 — 10–14s: @image2 shifts the flashlight to cast a second, different shadow shape — a hopping rabbit — gently moving across the wall. Both @image1 and @image2 smile and quietly laugh together, fully at ease now. SCENE 4 — 14–18s: The storm softens outside to a gentle, steady rain. @image2 switches off the flashlight, tucks @image1 in with the blanket, and gives a warm goodnight hug. Soft moonlight settles over the room as @image1 drifts off to sleep, calm and safe. CAMERA: Smooth cinematic camera movement, close-ups, medium shots, gentle push-ins, 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 or design changes, no studio grey still as frame 0, no necklace as a scene prop. NEGATIVE: identity swap, adult recast, extra people, live-action street photoreal that drops the 3D family-film look, on-screen type, score/BGM, checkerboard background.