The film opens with a girl fleeing a school on fire. Explosions, a near-fall from a height, and flying creatures in chase. It is a flash of someone else's escape before Mary's story starts.
Theme. Starting on catastrophe tells the body this world can burn before you meet the clumsy heroine.
What to say. You might say: 'This first bit is another girl running from a fire. Mary's quieter story starts after. We can jump ahead.'
