Ronald & Tony
The last dive





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Large top panel underwater: Erik beside dark waterlogged Vasa hull, inspecting a fitted square gunport cover. Sparse torch beam and silt; outline clearly readable.
Erik, through telephone: This cover is firm. Moving to the next.
Small close underwater: a loose timber shifts beside Erik. His phone lead catches under it; air hose remains clear. No gore.
Erik, through telephone: Wait. Something has caught my...
Close on deck: Lars listens to a silent telephone receiver. Ronald notices his changed expression.
Lars: Erik? Finish your message.
Large bottom panel: the receiver remains silent. Lars turns to blond standby diver Nils, already in a cream diving suit beside his copper helmet. Tony has stopped fidgeting.
Ronald: What happened? Lars: We have lost his voice. Nils, get ready.