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Swiss Army knife

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INT. STUDY – AFTERNOON

Joanna sits in front of her laptop, unmoving. The screen glows faintly.  
A macOS system update is pending. She stares at it.

                         JOANNA
           I knew this day would come.  
           But I thought I’d be ready.

                         GYLES
           Oh dear. Password trouble?

                         JOANNA
           No. Worse.  
           The update will break QuickTime Pro 7.  
           I’ll lose multiple audio track support.  
           Panning on a per-track basis.  
           Plus combining tracks without re-encoding.

                         GYLES
           But you still have QuickTime.

                         JOANNA
           Not *that* QuickTime.  
           This one was the Swiss Army knife for video.  
           It could do everything.

                         GYLES
           I use it all the time—click a file, it opens.  
           Plays the thing. Lovely little *Q* icon.

                         JOANNA
           That’s not QuickTime. That’s a ghost.  
           It doesn’t even display timecode correctly.

[Gyles clicks around on his laptop.]

                         GYLES
           Oh—look! Yellow borders when you trim a clip!

[Joanna turns slowly.]

                         JOANNA
           Oh good. Yellow borders.  
           That’s what we needed.

                         GYLES
           I think it’s charming.

                         JOANNA
           I had tools.  
           You have an animation.

                         GYLES
           How do I save?

[Joanna rolls her eyes.]

FADE OUT.