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Art style: Dark Comic. A dimly lit, modern kitchen at night with a single warm pendant light casting a soft glow over a granite countertop. A half-full glass of water sits on the surface, reflecting the moonlight streaming through a window. In the background, a dark, yawning hallway leads to a staircase shrouded in deep shadows. A man stands perfectly still, his back to the camera, looking toward the darkness. The composition is a medium shot from a low angle, emphasizing the oppressive height of the ceiling. The colors are dominated by cold midnight blues and charcoal greys, contrasted with a single pool of amber light. The mood is tense and heavy with anticipation. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image in the following art style: dark graphic-novel illustration — gritty comic book art style, heavy black inking, bold outlines, detailed cross-hatching and dramatic shading. Exaggerated character features, intense expressions, deep wrinkles, highly defined musculature. High contrast lighting. Desaturated grim background colors (grays, browns) with stark contrasting pop-color elements. Satirical and edgy atmosphere, masterpiece comic art. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Elias: A man in his mid-30s with rugged features, a short-cropped brown beard, and tired, sunken eyes reflecting intense anxiety. He is wearing a worn, dark grey flannel shirt over a plain white t-shirt and slightly faded denim jeans. His hair is messy, as if he has been running his hands through it in stress. He has a sturdy build but carries himself with a frantic, hunched posture. The lighting is harsh and directional, casting deep shadows across his face, highlighting the beads of sweat on his forehead against a backdrop of a dimly lit, ordinary home interior.