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Earth Miocene era ~14M years ago central Africa,

The concept of self-awareness, and although currently overlooked, this moment is what defines the modern human from our less-developed ancestors, so the relevance of this moment is of extreme historical importance. Behavioral dynamics suggest a breakage from the dynamics patterns collectively externalized by a society, which implies a degree of alienation from the affected social sphere towards the individual unable to abide by the status quo, and also involves an existential need for the species to adopt these new dynamic patterns; thus evolving. There seems to be a degree of significance between the process of quadrupedal to bipedal development that may be linked to the development of self-awareness

I: The first of the species to develop self-awareness trait through observing reflection on lake water.

Learns

Primitive concept of tool (stick)

Used to gather resources more effectively than the others

Mutualistic to others due to self-awareness

Unspoken development of ‘golden rule’

Primate tribe reluctant to accept the dynamics that do not fit status quo patterns.

Creates opportunity for unsupervised improvement of cognitive skills

Teaches stick skills to ‘O’

Offspring is conceived

Has the skill necessary to defend against the other tribe

‘O’: Physically underdeveloped mate

Is taught by ‘I’

Benefits from being taught

Procreates with ‘I’

Creates overconfidence in relation to imminent danger from predators

Offspring is hunted by leopard

Teaches ‘I’ skills to tribe

Earns degree of leadership

Herbivore tribe

Greater in numbers

Sedentary

No established alpha

Rely on elder

Defenseless

No real means of defense other than sheltering on trees

Good enough to avoid leopards

Learn intimidating howling

Elder:

Cares for the young

mentored ‘I’

servant leader

wisdom of the tribe

Bears a visible leopard clawing scar

The lookout

‘B’: the physically largest young male of the herbivore tribe

Attempts to establish dominance over the young

Alienates ‘I’

Throws small rocks and yells

‘A’: carnivore tribe leader

Uses stone as primary tool for hunting

Hunts for subsistence

uses predatory abilities to maintain tribe leadership

hunting patterns force the tribe to remain nomadic

has mates and offspring

gains awareness during interaction with ‘I’

immediately faced with decision between dominance or sacrifice

first primate to challenge a leopard

witnessing primates learn to challenge predators collectively

‘AO’: carnivore alpha female

Raises infant

Strong enough to fight off males

Co-leads tribe hunts

Must trust the herbivore elder with her infant

Unites with ‘I’ and ‘O’

L: leopard

Hunts for subsistence

Primates are the most rewarding prey

Large hunting territories

Joins two primate territories (I&S tribes)

Fails attempt to hunt A’s offspring

Stone proves effective

Takes advantage of distractedness/overconfidence and eats i&o’s offspring

unites the tribe to I&O

is attracted by two interacting tribes

re-attempts to hunt A offspring

takes S instead

carnivore tribe

hunters

smaller in numbers

nomadic

Can defend against a leopard if prepared

Intimidating howling

The evolutionary process suggests that there was a primate in central Africa perhaps had a relative physical disadvantage, which forced for the development of object utilizations and cognitive abilities for the enablement of self-preservation, and craft perfection through opportunity cost investment. Yet the transition from quadrupedal to bipedal does not to occur until the act of externalizing the concept of self-awareness, which may come as a means to impose a degree of artificial physical superiority over other seemingly larger species, and ultimately inferring a sense of leadership gained by the physically smaller primate that once did not fit the status quo; and whose preservability was questioned.

The timeline followed would be that of the ecosystem in lake Kivu where the vegetarian tribe resides, and are able to sustain exclusively from vegetation as a result of the abundance of resources, which is the native tribe of ‘I’ whose physical disadvantages are compensated by the development of cognitive abilities. This dynamic process chronologically becomes an existential advantage over the rest of the tribe; which earns the curiosity of an equally physically underdeveloped tribemate, and as the mate became more familiarized with these new dynamic patterns, so did the familiarization with the idea of the concepts experienced by ‘I’. As interaction occurred so did procreation and the passing on of the abilities learned by ‘I’ to its offspring, yet in nature the most physically underdeveloped tend to fall prey to predators, which in this case would be the leopard; as the primate’s only natural predator. Yet a catch of this level of difficulty may take a greater energy investment than less social prey, and may be challenging to succeed in ambushing better prepared tribes, so being able to catch a defenseless infant makes for an easy hunt. However a leopard’s hunting territory that expands to overlap more than one tribe may force both spheres of interaction to eventually collide, and consequently create a new dynamic pattern, which may ultimately result in the development of abilities to maximize collective self-preservation. The tribe overlapping in the leopard’s territory although the same species, carnivore dietary patterns enabled for the development of hunting techniques as a means of subsistence, and social hunting abilities enabled to cause finite harm if endangered by predators or predating on other prey. A leopard encounter with the carnivore tribe would require nomadic patterns to force the carnivore tribe to find new hunting grounds and shelter in a different location, which creates the interaction between the carnivore and herbivore tribe, while also alerting the leopard of the potentially beneficial situation taking place. Benefiting from the friction created by the interaction of alienated intraspecies competition, the leopard would be able to utilize the diverted attention to attempt to hunt another unsuspecting primate with the element of surprise favoring, yet the elder’s experience allows to be aware of the greater danger; while protecting the herbivore tribe’s young. The dynamics of intraspecies interaction between alienated groups would force the smaller carnivore tribe to utilize all able bodies to assert dominance, which leaves the young vulnerable to any lurking predators looking for an opportunity to strike an easy meal, and forces the leader to make the choice between: continuing the instinctual desire to impose dominance through finite action, while gaining ultimate control of the territory; driving away the herbivore primates, or protecting the young carnivore primates from predation by the leopard. Awareness from individualistic nature of the carnivore tribe leader is immediately applied by reprioritizing instinctual needs of dominance in competition, to an act that not only defies the natural existential need for self- preservation, but also provides for the opportunity to exemplify the sacrificial role of the leader for the collective good of the tribe. ‘I’ awareness in addition to increased social skills developed from the collective nature of the herbivore tribe, enables for the ability to unite both tribes to serve the common goal of self-preservation through developing mutualistic relations, and ultimately securing the survivability of both tribes through coexistence.

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I intro

[music plays]

Space take of the earth 14M years ago begging to zoom into lake Kivu to find the herbivore tribe.

[Music begins to be replaced by the sounds of nature]

Aerial introduction shows the vast land and abundance of resources, then closes in to the herbivore tribe to observe the large number of primates socially coexisting within the tribe, the camera motion comes to a slow stop. [sounds of nature stops]

[ominous primate interaction background sound]

Camera take on the side of the elder primate (sitting at the highest point of the tribe’s common ground area) moves upward to reveal the tribal common ground area

The elder acknowledges the interactions while not taking part on any other than looking out

The young gather around the elder while the mothers feed

The young primates socialize while the smallest primate observed the ever watchful elder, ensuring the safety of the tribe by looking out for potential predators. [sound stops]

[camera close up on ‘I’ eyes gazing at the elder (slowly zooming out)]

The smallest, distracted, yet curious primate ‘I’ observing the elder

is interrupted by ‘B’ the physically largest young male (surrounded by the rest of the group of young primates)

seeking to establish dominance of the group through the interaction. (throws a small stone to ‘I’ begins yelling, the rest of the group unite) (similar to Black panther’s M’baku’s barking scene)

[sounds of nature begin]

Elder notices dynamics occurring and intervenes in the interaction. [increased tension music]

Utilizes body language to have the young realize there is imminent danger nearby (proceeds to point out lurking predators to the young with eyesight and subtle body language)

Looks at leopard clawing scar (the rest of the group watch closely) (music tension peaks)

Acts hostile and scares off the curious young, who run back to their mothers for safety [sounds of nature remain]

[treetops aerial]

[creative music]

[camera close up at millipede’s head being bit and pulled off by ‘I’]

[camera eye reveals the rest of the feeding group]

‘I’ Mom: notices ‘I’ eating a millipede (does not approve of millipede)

Hands ‘I’ a fruit

‘I’ eats both

Other feeding females observe

The rest of the young continue to eat only plant-based food given by their mothers

The physically large young male begins to form a group among the young

‘I’ begins to be alienized

[nightfall] [sound of nocturnal nature] herbivore tribe sleep in the tree branches (branch breaks)

[camera on eyes opening] ‘I’ awakens looks up

[Sound of animals sprinting] catches the glimpse of a chase from the moonlight that pass through the leaves

‘I’ Looks around

The elder is the only other one to wake

The elder quietly growls

‘I’ tries to go back to sleep

[animal screams in the distance] [nature is quiet]

[positive sounds of nature]

Group of young gathering around the elder

‘I’ attempts to join the group

The physically dominant young growls at ‘I’ (the others remain quietly behind)

‘I’ is visibly no longer part of the young group

The elder brings ‘I’ to sit next to him and observe the tribe and the surroundings

(aerial 360 pano of the tribe emphasizing the close distance with the lake) [hopeful music]

‘I’ observes while the rest of the young group interacts

The elder begins to climb up the trees, while other adults assume temporary lookout

The elder and ‘I’s direction is inferred ‘I’ follows

[both fade into the wilderness] walking away from the lake’s direction (camera transitions out to the shine of the sun)

[Aerial take displaying distancing from the lake] [mischief music]

the climb would lead to a bee hive on the outer part of the herbivore tribe territory

The elder uses a tree stalk and pokes at the hive to reveal honey and shares with ‘I’

‘I’ quickly learns and follows suit

The two primates enjoy the honey and nearby bugs, while the trees provide protection from predators

Signs of joy and playful interaction may be observed

[sun begins to set]

[Faint howling in the background]

The elder is alerted by the howls, and realizes they have spent too much time away from the tribe

The elder and ‘I’ rush back to the safety of the tribe

[howling begins to faint] [sun lowers]

Upon arrival to the tribe the elder returns to his lookout position

‘I’ moves towards his mother

looks back once more to acknowledge the elder

goes to the safety of his mother

[howling stops]

[morning nature sounds]

[camera capturing the sunrise in (‘I’ first person perspective) through the tree branches]

[Re-focuses from blur to a sharp image]

The tribe moves closer to the lake to access different fruits (larger area to feed and gather)

Elder assumes lookout position

The young begin to group near the elder

Physically large young picks and throws rock to ‘I’, hitting ‘I’ in the head

Intimidatingly yelling from the large young scares off ‘I’

‘I’ runs away (camera opens aerial of the trail leading towards the lake)

[Emotional music replaces nature] [the full extent of the lake’s calm water is revealed as the camera focuses on ‘I’] (the water is so still that reflects a mirror image of the landscape)

‘I’ sits alone near a small ledge that stands above the lake, licking his wounds

(visibly upset)

[Emotional music begins to turn into curious music]

‘I’ spots a branch that lays on top of another branch and attempts to throw the branch in the air (expressing anger)

The branch bounces on a rock and hits ‘I’, which angers ‘I’ even more, he sits on the edge (explicitly turning his back against the stick)

‘I’ looks back and growls at the sick

[music begins to intensify]

‘I’ walks towards the water still rubbing off the pain (3rd person perspective), reluctant of drinking and be exposed to alligators (this is assumed by the underwater camera angle that watches ’I’ approach the water) (camera begins to stalk ‘I’ moving closer to the water)

[music begins to peak]

(camera angle raises above water level to show ‘I’ reflection)

‘I’ turns his head to see a reflection of himself, ‘I’ stops looks at his hand and his own reflection doing the same, he stops looks at his hand, ‘I’ hand begins to slowly move closer towards his face (camera begin to close up to his face relative to hand movement)

[music peaks]

‘I’ touches his face (inhales air in realization)

(camera captures ‘I’ pupil size and facial expression changes)

[all goes silent] (all goes dark)

(darkness fades into revealing the trail to the lake from the tribe’s perspective)

[sounds of nature]

‘I’ safely returns to the tribe, bringing back the sick, but something is visibly different about his body language; he looks aware.

[mischievous music]

The young group blocks the way, ‘B’ picks up and throws a rock towards ‘I’, the stick meets the rock in the air hitting ‘B’; ‘B’ runs to his mother while yelling in defeat.

‘I’ challenges the group, the rest scatter while one remains behind, ‘O’ the smallest female of the group.

[music begins to become more intimate, romantic really]

(camera side take of the two)

She moves closer to ‘I’, he becomes increasingly more reluctant (camera on ‘O’ perspective reaching out), she curiously touches him; he screeches, runs off towards the elder sitting in his lookout position.

[romantic music turns awkward]

‘I’ retrieves the stick immediately after realizing he’s forgotten

‘O’ looks confused

‘I’ sits next to the elder, he looks back and forth between ‘O’ and the rest of the tribe (who continues to feel unphased by anything around them), the elder remains watchful while handing ‘I’ a piece of fruit.

[awkward music is replaced by the noised created by ‘I’ eating]

‘I’ bites into the fruit to realize that flavor is enjoyable

‘I’ takes time to enjoy the flavor

[the sounds of nature sunsets play]

(camera from elder’s perspective)

‘I’ acknowledges the elder and remains sitting lookout

(camera looking from behind ‘I’ and the elder, onto the tribe)

The Sun sets onto the horizon

[morning nature sounds]

(camera closeup on ‘I’ waking up (more humanly))

‘I’ wakes and watches the rest of the young gather by the elder’s lookout position (mild growl), but decides to take his stick to the treetops, where he can be alone to test his tool.

‘O’ curiously looks at ‘I’ from afar and decides to join him, and finds ‘I’ catching termites with his stick (startling him), he shares his termites with ‘O’; she eats them

[‘O’ gestation time-lapse] [cheerful music]

[time-lapse condenses ‘O’ gestation period, ‘I’ learning how to use his stick, ‘I’ & ‘O’ bonding (eating honey), ‘O’ learning how to use a stick, and I learning from the elder]

[‘I’ & ‘O’ sit by the small ledge that stands above the lake ‘O’ is ready]

‘I’ is impatient about the uncertainty, ‘O’ shows discomfort but remains calm, ‘I’ & ’O’ offspring is born

[music of joy]

(camera close up at the first time the newborn opens its eyes)

The new born takes its first breath

‘I’ comforts ‘O’ and all three return to the tribe to introduce the newborn

the tribe gathers around

(the sun sets)

[music stops] [sounds of nature remain]

[sounds of nature become creepy & eerie]

(the sun rises over the horizon)

The tribe feeds near the lake

‘I’ & ‘O’ play with sticks on the ledge by the lake

the newborn sits by the side of the lake

[sounds of nature begin to quiet down]

[from the leopards first person perspective]

The sun shines upon the newborn as it sits and plays near the lake shore

The elder observes the tribe, but is continuously distracted by ‘I’ & ‘O’ playfulness

[the sounds of nature come to a silence]

The elder screams

The darkest part of the wooded area reveals the leopard pouncing upon the newborn, there is nothing that can be done

‘I’ & ‘O’ are alerted by the elder’s scream, only to see their newborn be mercilessly mauled by the leopard (in slow-motion), distraction became a deadly mistake.

(aerial camera view shows distance between ‘I’, ‘O’ and the newborn)

The leopard gives the tribe one last challenging look before disappearing into the thickness of the forest

‘O’ rushes to the newborns remains by the lakeshore, ‘I’ comforts her, the tribe gathers around

‘I’ facial expression begins to display signs of reason to think of the way prevent the

‘I’ raises his stick, hits the ground and challengingly looks at ‘B’

‘I’ begins to yell, ‘O’ joins the yelling, ‘B’ joins along with the rest of the tribe

The elder is the last one to join

(camera begins to zoom out from the lake shore)

[yelling begins to fade into the distance]

(camera moves to the far end of the tribe’s territory)

[challenging yelling begins to turn into threatening howling]

(the forest darkens, treetop perspective looking to the floor)

The carnivore tribe surrounds cappuccino monkeys

‘AO’ grabs monkey by the tail and slams the monkey against the ground

Stunned monkey attempts to flee away

Runs into ‘A’

(camera angle from the bottom to the top of ‘A’)

‘A’ lifts up a boulder and hits the monkey, killing it instantly.

‘AO’ grabs the carcass and drags it to her infant child

(camera angle opens to show the many monkeys that the carnivore tribe killed in that one hunt)

‘AO’ is not challenged by the other primates

Abundance of meat has been achieved due to the tribe’s exceptional hunting skills

[the tribe begins to howl]

‘A’ approaches a nearby dying monkey

[howling intensifies]

‘A’ looks at the dying monkey and slowly begins to howl

[the tribe howls in unison]

(camera angle from the monkey’s perspective)

‘A’ lifts the boulder over his head and hits the monkey

(camera shuts when the stone hits the monkey)

[howling slowly fades away]

(sun rises)

[sounds of nature]

(camera close up at carnivore infant’s eyes slowly opening)

(camera zooms out to reveal the carnivore tribe socially gathering)

‘AO’ sits nearby the infant, while eating leftovers from a previous hunt

A male slowly begins to close in on ‘AO’ who eat the largest share of meat

The infant looks at the male and screeches, alerting ‘AO’

The male leaps towards the meat

‘AO’ turns to defend her meat

The two primates begin to fight

‘AO’ subdues the male, while a second male tries to take advantage of the situation and attempts to steal the meat through the confusion

The loud noises alert ‘A’

‘A’ arrives to defend the meat from the second male

‘AO’ moves from the subdued male, and secures the meat along with her infant

‘A’ moves between the two males and ‘AO’

The two males square off with ‘A’ looking for an opening or opportunity

(‘A’ begins to howl, howling intensifies)

The two males rush towards ‘A’

‘A’ rushes towards the two males

The fight is easily overwhelmed by ‘A’ larger size, and boulder using skills

The two defeated males run to avoid any more damage

[‘A’ re-initiates howling, ‘AO’ joins]

[the rest of the tribe joins]

(lurking leopard’s perspective camera angle watching through the high grass hides deeper into grass)

[howling fades into silence]

[nighttime sounds of nature]

(camera angle showing nightfall, the moon light shines over the carnivore tribe)

Everyone sleeps

[muffled steps in the distance]

(camera begins to stalkingly approach the tribe through the woods)

‘AO’ lays next to her infant

(focusing on the infant primate through the branches.)

(tree top camera reveals the leopard approaching the primates, carefully inching closer to the primate sleeping tribe)

The leopard nears the edge of concealment

The moonlight reveal the glimmer of the leopard’s eyes

[primate screams]

The rest of the tribe wakes as the leopard leaps towards the tribe

‘A’ jumps from the tree top as the leopard attempts to attack the infant Hits the leopard in the eye with a boulder

The leopard manages to scar the infant

The hit causes enough distraction for ‘AO’ to grab the infant

The tribe surrounds ‘AO’ and the infant

[the tribe begins howling]

The howling intimidates and distracts the leopard

‘A’ throws the boulder at the leopard

The tribe joins ‘A’

‘A’ joins the tribe

[‘A’ begins to howl]

The defeated leopard runs away

(Camera follows the leopard back into the darkness of the forest)

[howling fades into silence]

[morning Sounds of nature]

(camera showing the carnivore tribe’s location in relation to the lake)

‘A’, ‘AO’ and the infant walk a trail, suggesting a direction to the lake

The rest of the tribe follows

(camera stalks the mobilized tribe fade into the forest (one side of the image looks blurred))

(camera pano through the trees, fade into the elder perspective observing the herbivore common area)

‘O’ uses a stick to eat termites

The rest of the tribe watches

Some adults curiously pick individual stray insects and eat them

Some young mimic ‘O’ and eat insects naturally

‘I’ sits near the treetops pulling fruits towards him with his stick

(‘I’ perspective observing tree tops moving in the distance)

‘I’ looks at the elder

[elder yells]

the elder takes the trail to the lake

‘O’ grabs the stick and follows ‘I’

The rest of the tribe follows the elder

The tribe sits on the treetops near the lake shore

[rising tension music begins to play]

The elder watches over the tribe

(aerial take observes ‘I’ paying attention to trees moving in the distance)

(time-lapse afternoon sun setting and the moon shinning)

(moonlight shines over the carnivore tribe sniffing the herbivore tribe common area)

‘A’ begins to track the scent through the trail

‘AO’ separates from the trail and begins to follow from the tree branches

The tribe quietly splits around ‘A’ and ‘AO’

‘AO’ places the infant on a nearby branch

[sounds of nature begin to quiet down]

(camera from ‘A’ perspective begin to near the herbivore tribe’s location)

(Aerial view show the carnivore tribe surrounding the herbivore tribe sitting in the treetops at the lakeshore)

There is nowhere to run

The surrounded herbivore tribe is alert

The elder sits near the young

(Aerial view of the adults surrounding the tribe)

[tension music intensifies]

‘I’ and ‘O’ wait near the small ledge above the lake

[sounds go silent]

(‘I’ perspective watches silhouettes of primates slowly surrounding the herbivore tribe)

The moonlight reveals ‘A’ to ‘I’

‘I’ and ‘A’ lock eyes

[primate scream and howl]

The herbivore tribe begins to defend as the moonlight revealed the carnivore tribe attack

Size and individual strength is evenly matched by agility and population quantity

(camera watches ‘A’ charge ‘I’ (in the near distance) (same side of the image looks less blurred) searches the area and finds the vulnerable (scarred) carnivore infant)

(camera aerial watches the leopard begins the approach)

‘AO’ violently interacts with ‘O’ and ‘B’

‘A’ overwhelms ‘I’

‘I’ is pinned down on the floor

Using the stick to defend from ‘A’ poundings

‘A’ is increasingly angrier

‘I’ uses the stick for leverage and kicks off ‘A’ from the ledge to the lake shore

(slow motion of ‘I’ jumping off the ledge swinging the stick towards ‘A’)

‘A’ takes the hit but manages to pin down ‘I’ once more

‘A’ picks up a nearby boulder

(‘I’ perspective watching the stick crack from ‘A’ swinging the boulder)

‘A’ lifts the boulder

(‘I’ perspective watching the stick break as ‘A’ smashes the boulder)

‘I’ takes one last look at ‘O’ and calm lake water, reflecting the night landscape

‘A’ lifts the boulder once more

‘A’ looks at ‘I’ (looking at the lake)

‘A’ sees his reflection in the lake waters, illuminated by the moonlight

(‘A’ pupil size and facial expression changes)

(elder’s perspective watching the leopard stalk the carnivore infant)

[elder yells]

Everyone stops to look at the leopard’s approach

‘A’ looks at a pinned ‘I’ in the eyes

Lowers his boulder

‘A’ dismounts ‘I’

The carnivore infant runs towards the herbivore young (for safety)

‘AO’ fights off ‘O’ and ‘B’ to tend her infant

All young primates gather in a circle

The infant arrives the young herbivore group

The elder holds the scared infant and sees the leopard scratch

‘AO’ looks at the elder

The elder reveals his leopard scar to ‘AO’

Leaves the infant and the other young to the elder’s care

[‘A’ begins howling]

‘A’ runs to intercept the leopard

(background take of ‘AO’ returning to help ‘A’)

the leopard turns to see ‘A’ alone charging through the lake shore

the leopard meets ‘A’ in the middle

‘A’ holds a boulder, while both circle around each other

(aerial view shows the leopard and ‘A’ circling around, while the tribe begins to stop fighting)

‘AO’ sees ‘O’ also charging the leopard

[‘A’ continues to howl]

the leopard leaps at ‘A’

scratches ‘A’ leg

‘A’ hits the leopard with the stone in the damaged eye

Both circle around once more

(‘I’ begins to join howling while approaching ‘A’ and the leopard)

‘A’ charges the leopard lifting his boulder over his head

The leopard takes advantage of the exposed torso and slashes ‘A’

‘A’ drops the boulder on the leopard’s shoulder as the leopard reaches to slash

Both are severely damaged

‘I’ arrives the fight hitting the leopard with the stick

‘A’ follows ‘I’ attack

The leopard slashes ‘I’ leg while taking both primate attacks

‘I’ and ‘A’ pin the leopard against the lake shore

The leopard growls back fearlessly

(lake overhead view of the tribes beginning to surround through the treetops)

[both tribes howling intensifies]

[heroic music begins to play]

Primate tribe begins to throw sticks and stones at the leopard

‘A’ sees an opening through the confusion

‘A’ charges the leopard

‘I’ follows the attack

The leopard manages to bite ‘A’ severely

Kicks ‘I’ off to ‘A’ and ‘AO’ (just arriving the fight)

The tribes join ‘I’, ‘O’ and ‘AO’ in the lakeshore

(Lake view camera of ‘A’ getting up difficultly (back against the lake), facing the leopard)

(side view angle of ‘A’ and the leopard)

‘A’ beats his chest and stomps the ground as he charges the leopard

The leopard attacks ‘A’, biting it’s neck

‘A’ lays dead in the lakeshore

Blood stain the water moving along the shore

[howling is overwhelming]

(lake view corner camera)

The leopard turns around

(leopard’s perspective watches ‘I’ followed by ‘O’, ‘AO’ and the rest of the tribes begin to close up)

(lake view center camera begins to close in on the leopard)

The leopard retrieves to the edge of the lake

(camera stops at reach distance from the leopard)

‘I’ begins to howl

both tribes howl in unison

‘I’ grabs his stick and stands in two feet commandingly

The leopard’s back paw nears the water

(camera submerges below water level)

[music stops]

(Alligator’s perspective attacking the leopard)

(leopard’s perspective being submerged by the alligator)

(the unified tribe is blurred by the water)

[howling fades into the distance]

(all goes black)

{credits roll