The moment the grid wakes up

A sleek glass-walled command center at dusk, single sharp-suited analyst standing centered before a massive curved display that glows blue-white, the camera pushing in slowly from a low angle so the room feels vast and the figure feels powerful. On the screen behind them, a nationwide map blooms with thousands of pulsing red dots lighting up city grids one by one, like a nervous system waking up, as the analyst studies it with arms crossed, unblinking, utterly calm. The lighting flickers cool and cinematic across their face as more dots ignite until the whole map is a web of light, and just as the tension peaks the analyst allows a small, knowing smile. Camera slowly circles them, city lights of a real skyline visible through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind the screen, rain streaking the glass. The mood is quiet power and inside knowledge, the sense that this person already understands what everyone else is only now discovering, end