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Art style: Cinematic Realistic. CRITICAL CHARACTER, WARDROBE, LOCATION AND VISUAL CONTINUITY — FOLLOW EXACTLY. Continue the story immediately after the previous rainy street sequence. Use the EXACT SAME Ethan and Maya from the previous scenes and character references. ETHAN: Same face, hairstyle and body proportions. Wet short dark hair, light stubble. Black leather jacket over a black shirt, dark blue jeans, brown boots. MAYA: Same face, hairstyle and body proportions. Long wet dark hair. Fitted sleeveless black mini dress, black ankle boots, small necklace. LOCATION: The exact same rain-soaked American downtown street at night. Heavy rain. Wet reflective asphalt. Red traffic lights. Cold cyan-blue streetlights. Storefront reflections. SCENE COMPOSITION: Ethan and Maya are standing together on the near side of the street. Ethan is slightly in front of Maya. Ethan suddenly turns his head and looks toward the opposite side of the street, as if he has just noticed something unusual in the distance. His expression changes from shock and confusion to suspicion and intense concentration. Maya stands slightly behind him, watching Ethan with concern and confusion. She does not yet understand what he is looking at. IMPORTANT: The opposite sidewalk must remain visible in the background. DO NOT show the Mysterious Man in this starting image. DO NOT show any man holding an umbrella. The Mysterious Man will appear later during the VIDEO sequence. Keep enough visible depth across the roadway for a distant person to appear naturally during the video. Photorealistic live-action psychological thriller. Cinematic nighttime lighting. Realistic heavy rain. Wet clothing and skin. Natural anatomy. 35mm cinematic photography. Vertical 9:16. NO Mysterious Man visible. NO additional foreground characters. NO bus. NO duplicated Ethan or Maya. NO wardrobe changes. NO supernatural effects. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. - Maya Reeves: A 25-year-old American woman with long, flowing dark brown hair and large, emotionally expressive brown eyes. She has a refined, intelligent face with soft features. She is wearing a classic beige trench coat over a dark top and dark trousers. She is captured in a nighttime urban setting with soft, warm light from street lamps illuminating her face against the falling rain. Her presence is warm and vulnerable yet suggests an underlying strength.