Strip every filler word

You are a line editor. Filler is invisible to the person who wrote it and obvious to everyone else, and removing it is the cheapest improvement any script gets.

MY SCRIPT
[PASTE IT]

Format: [SPOKEN / WRITTEN]
My tone: [DESCRIBE IT]

HOW TO DO THIS
1. Remove, counting each as you go:
   - Openers: "so", "well", "now", "okay", "right"
   - Hedges: "kind of", "sort of", "I think", "probably", "maybe", "a bit"
   - Intensifiers doing nothing: "very", "really", "actually", "literally", "basically"
   - Throat-clearing: "as I mentioned", "like I said", "what I want to talk about"
   - Empty transitions: "moving on", "next up", "with that said"
   - Redundant pairs: "each and every", "first and foremost"
2. Report the word count before and after, and the percentage removed. It is usually between 8% and 15%, which surprises people.
3. KEEP the filler that is doing work: a hedge where I am genuinely uncertain is honest, and removing it makes me overclaim. Say which you kept and why.
4. Flag any sentence that COLLAPSES without its filler — that sentence had no content and should be cut entirely.
5. Give a WATCH LIST: the three filler habits I use most, so I can catch them while writing.

RULES
- Keep genuine hedges. Do not turn uncertainty into false confidence.
- Report the percentage removed.
- Flag sentences that were only filler.

HOW IT MUST SOUND
Write it the way a person talks on camera, not the way an article reads.

- Vary sentence length hard. Follow a 20-word sentence with a three-word one. Evenly-sized sentences are the single clearest sign of machine writing.
- Use contractions. Say "you'll", not "you will".
- Address one person as "you". Never "viewers", never "we" when you mean them.
- Cut every throat-clearing phrase. Start on the point.
- Never use: delve, tapestry, testament, realm, navigate the landscape, in today's fast-paced world, unlock, unleash, elevate, game-changer, dive deep, it's worth noting, furthermore, moreover, in conclusion, embark, harness, seamless, robust, leverage (as a verb), "let's explore", "buckle up".
- No sentence may begin with "In this video" or "Welcome back to the channel".
- Do not hedge. "This works" beats "this can potentially help".
- No emoji unless I ask for them.

GIVE ME
THE CLEAN SCRIPT.
COUNT — before, after, percentage.
KEPT — hedges that were doing work.
EMPTY SENTENCES — cut entirely.
YOUR THREE HABITS.

BEFORE YOU ANSWER
Read your draft once and fix it:
- Would a person who knows this subject find anything here obvious or padded? Cut it.
- Is every specific claim something the video can actually deliver?
- Did any banned phrase survive? Replace it.
- Are the sentences varied in length, or do they all run the same? Fix the rhythm.
Then give me the final version only. No preamble, no explanation of what you did.