Ben chuckled. “Ah, the ZaZ Animation Pack. That’s a framework, not a normal mod. Think of it like a stagehand at a theater. You never see it directly, but all the actors—bondage, restraint, pillory, and kneeling animations—depend on it.”

The game loaded, but NPCs T-posed. Furniture was invisible. When she tried to sit in a jail cell, her character slid across the floor like a confused mannequin.

“LoversLab,” Ben said. “Search ‘ZaZ Animation Pack SE.’ Download version 8.0+ for Skyrim SE/AE. Install it with your mod manager. Then put zazanimationpack.esm high in your load order — right below the official game .esm files and above most other mods.”