“We” threaded through the piece like a chorus line. The camera preferred groups: clusters of cooks at a communal table, coworkers betting on a cricket match, a family arguing about a will. “We” was an inclusive pronoun and a question. Who is the “we” that the title claims—the viewers, the makers, the city’s millions? The chronicle answered in fragments: “we” is anyone who recognizes themselves in borrowed phrases and half-remembered customs; “we” is the audience that translates without being asked.

As Evan lay on the ground, feeling the weight lift off his shoulders, he realized that this might be the loop where things finally changed. The world was saved. And Evan...

, who view their immortality as a curse and seek to end all life on Earth to stop the cycle of reincarnation. Note on "Dual Audio" Links: