The letter is from someone who has died, apologizing for failing to protect the recipient from an unknown danger. It explains that the recipient is now in danger, and it is their turn to try and succeed where the letter writer failed. The letter includes research to help guide the recipient through the burden that they must now face.

1. Establishing shot/low angle. “If you
have received this letter then it can be
presumed, I have died.”
Establishing shot & pan shot of
river bank. “And with my death
comes my failure to protect you. To
save you.”
Pan shot & wide shot of girl (slight
zoom in). “And for that: I am
sorry.”
Wide shot behind girl & zoom in. “You
do not know me and I have never met
you physically. But I know you. I know
everything about you.”
Closer wide shot (zoom). “It was necessary
to know why you were next, just as it shall
be necessary for you to know why I came
before you, and why your own successor
shall be next should you fail.”
Extreme close up of letter. “It
saddens me that this burden will
now pass to you, as it was passed to
me and the many before us both.”

2. Wide shot from the side (zoom
in). “Understand that you are in
danger. You and all you hold dear
until the day you die.”
Close up girl’s face. “and the danger
will pass to the next person.”
Close up of river. “You must try to
succeed where I failed. I will help
you the best I can.”
Wide shot of girl’s back. “And
accordingly, I have left you my
research into the burden that will
not begin to haunt you.”
Close up of girl’s face. “To you this will merely
be the ramblings of a departed lunatic. To me,
this was everything. And while I cannot help
you in any physical form, know that I and the
many before me will be there to guide you.”
Over shoulder shot, showing
figure behind girl. “And in time
you will notice us. In the
shadows.”