A dim, amber light spills across an antique pawn shop, casting long, distorted shadows and dividing the space into pockets of darkness and light. A vintage balance scale sits on a cluttered wooden counter, one side laden with shelled walnuts, the tips glinting dully in the warm, incandescent glow. Other side houses an old, rusted lance, incongruent, silly even, in the odd collection. The focus shifts from the scale to a bewildered gentleman standing before it, his face alternating between the items on the scale. The camera zooms out for a wider shot, giving the perspective from behind the counter, revealing a quirky, bespectacled shop owner, grinning toothlessly, his eyes twinkling with mischief in this balance of seriousness and absurdity.