HE WEARS IT. On a fine plain cord at his chest, over the plain cloth under the star cloak, and it is the only colour in the frame. Reference for the character rather than a shot: this is how the key is on him from the moment Manan walks in, so the audience has seen it long before it means anything. He never touches it until the line that gives it away.

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