An unnamed intelligence operative, recruited into a shadow war fought through time-inverted weapons and objects, teams with an enigmatic ally to stop a dying Russian oligarch from using technology gifted by a dying future to erase the present.

1. Scenes 1–17

   The Protagonist in his zone of comfort — a skilled, anonymous field operative, competent and confident inside the Kiev operation.

2. Scenes 18–20

   Broken by torture and 'killed,' he needs a new purpose; Fay offers one that transcends the nation-state loyalties that just got his team killed.

3. Scenes 21–32

   He enters the wholly unfamiliar situation of Tenet — the wind turbine, the password test, and Barbara's proof that time itself can run backward.

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5. Scene 32

   Barbara shows a growing archive of inverted debris she calls 'the detritus of a coming war.'

6. Scene 33

   The Protagonist calls in a favor to reach arms dealer Sanjay Singh, spotting a woman on a high-rise balcony.

7. Scene 34

   Neil introduces himself and brainstorms ways to breach Singh's fortified house.

8. Scene 35

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