Good afternoon, 47. Your target is this random guy minding his own business. We have no idea what he’s wanted for, only that we will be paid an inexplicably large sum of money. We are running this mission with zero intel because this is just some guy. Good luck, 47.
I just noticed something when watching Hitman 3 cinematics again, and I'm probably the last person to notice this, but even though all of you most likely noticed this three years ago, I shall share my discovery:
This is Diana in her cabin, burning the last few pieces of evidence (including her origami pin) after she dismantled Providence.
What's that in the foreground? Oh, yes, that's the folder and the phone she left for 47 to find.
BUT WAIT.
This is the next scene in the cinematic. 47 on his way to the cabin, one year later.
The scene in the cabin took place one year before 47 made his way to the cabin to find the folder and the phone. That's something we all talked about ad nauseam, I know.
But, excuse me, how did we never absolutely lose it at the idea that Diana
waited one whole year after she prepared the folder for 47
knew/trusted/hoped that 47 would return to her, eventually
destroyed Providence and then waited one year for 47 to contact her again
???
Bonus question, how did we never absolutely lose it at the idea that Diana and 47 apparently always had a way to locate the other/make sure that the other could locate them??
The voiceover phone call in the "One Year Later" part of the cinematic is the phone call that took place after 47 entered the cabin and found the phone (and the folder).
We see him on the phone after he entered the cabin; he's not talking on the phone on his way there. He's using the phone he found in the cabin. Yes, I know this is obvious, I just wanted to point this out just because.
She left the phone there for him to contact her, because she obviously can't just give him her current phone number, and she probably didn't know his current number either.
Imagine waiting for one whole year after you signalled your location. Imagine how she must've felt when she left the stuff there for him to find, absolutely sure that he'd come back to her, and then nothing happened for a year??
Also, this means that way more time has passed between the train and the reunion. We know that the dismantling of Providence took months. At the beginning of this cinematic, that job is already done. She's destroying her Providence pin. It's already over.
I knew that this was a "one year later" cutscene because I can read, but how did I never realise that Diana left the cabin and began waiting for him to return to her one whole year before he actually did?
I'm sorry, I'm losing it right now. I just wanted to take a screenshot I need as a background image for something, but instead I'm sitting here in the dark, having all the Hitman 3 feelings all over again.
Next step will be watching the Hitman 3 release trailer on repeat for three hours.