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Art style: Cinematic Realistic. CRITICAL LOCATION AND VISUAL CONTINUITY — FOLLOW EXACTLY. Continue directly from Scene 10. Photorealistic cinematic nighttime psychological thriller. Same rain-soaked American downtown street, same intersection, same buildings, same streetlights, same heavy rain, same wet reflective asphalt and same cold blue-green nighttime lighting established in the previous scenes. CAMERA / COMPOSITION: POV-style shot from Ethan's perspective, looking across the street. Ethan and Maya are NOT visible in the frame. Across the street, approximately 20–25 meters away, stands a MYSTERIOUS MAN. He is the ONLY clearly visible person across the street. He stands completely motionless on the sidewalk beneath a large black umbrella. The mysterious man wears a long dark charcoal or black coat, dark trousers and dark shoes. His face is partially hidden by darkness and the umbrella. Do NOT clearly reveal his identity. He is facing directly toward Ethan's position, creating the unmistakable impression that he is watching Ethan. His posture is unnaturally calm and perfectly still. Heavy rain surrounds him, illuminated by streetlights. Water runs along the sidewalk and street. Red traffic lights and distant city lights reflect naturally across the wet asphalt. The SAME black SUV from Scene 10 is now much farther down the street, driving away and becoming small in the distance. Only its rear and faint red taillights are visible. MOOD: Eerie. Unsettling. Mysterious. Psychological thriller. The mysterious man should feel threatening without doing anything overtly aggressive. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Medium-long telephoto composition. The mysterious man is centered in the frame. Slight atmospheric haze from the heavy rain. Shallow cinematic depth of field while keeping the man recognizable as a human silhouette. Realistic nighttime exposure. Subtle film grain. High-end Hollywood thriller cinematography. IMPORTANT: ONE mysterious man only. Black umbrella. Long dark coat. He remains on the opposite sidewalk. Do NOT place him in the middle of the road. Do NOT show Ethan or Maya. Do NOT add police. Do NOT add ambulances. Do NOT add emergency vehicles. Do NOT add crowds. Do NOT add additional foreground characters. Do NOT show the man's face clearly. Do NOT change the established street or weather. No supernatural glowing eyes. No fantasy elements. No text. No subtitles. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Cinematic Realistic" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic Realistic". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "Cinematic Realistic" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Ethan Cole: A 27-year-old American man with short, neat dark brown hair and observant brown eyes. He has a light, natural stubble across a strong jawline. His expression is often focused and skeptical. He wears a dark charcoal jacket over a simple black T-shirt and dark denim jeans. The lighting is low and moody, reflecting a nighttime city environment with rain-slicked surfaces in the background. He has a grounded, realistic vibe, looking like a natural urban dweller rather than a model. - Mysterious Man: A middle-aged man with sharp, angular facial features and piercing, intense eyes that seem to see through everything. He has a clean-shaven face and silvering hair at the temples. He is wearing a long, heavy dark wool coat and carries a large black umbrella. He stands with perfect, rigid posture. The lighting is dramatic and cold, casting deep shadows over his face, with city lights blurred in the background rain. He exudes an aura of quiet, dangerous authority.