KARA (V.O.) (firmer) Eli, let her hand it over. You’re only making it harder.

ELI (O.S.) (through earpiece) Three minutes. Cameras looped. You still see the corridor?

Silence. Dawn floods the bridge. Eli watches both women, bewildered.

Eli hesitates, torn. He nods and slips into the elevator. The doors shut. Mira braces, listening to their retreating voices.