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Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir. An upscale restaurant at lunch hour with polished cutlery, soft window reflections, crowded tables, and staff moving between conversations. Wide shot from a discreet side angle showing Daniel smiling toward peers, then turning curt and dismissive toward a waiter while Ethan notices from across the table. Warm interior pendant light mixes with pale midday light from the street-facing windows. The atmosphere is socially polished on the surface but morally revealing underneath. Ethan’s expression tightens as the hierarchy of respect becomes unmistakable. Dominant colors are warm cream, dark walnut, brass, and muted green. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Cinematic Neo-Noir" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic Neo-Noir". 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 Neo-Noir" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Ethan Cole: A man in his early thirties with an average build, thoughtful eyes, expressive brows, and a face that easily reveals stress before he regains composure. He has short neatly styled brown hair, clean features, and an attentive but slightly tense posture. His clothing style is modern professional business wear, practical and polished without standing out. His overall energy suggests intelligence, ambition, and inexperience under scrutiny. He appears in sleek office environments, conference rooms, and public spaces, with cool daylight and reflective surfaces emphasizing performance, pressure, and self-conscious observation. - Daniel Ross: A man in his late forties with a solid build, practiced smile, slightly heavy features, and eyes that shift quickly when challenged. He has neatly kept light brown hair, a broad face, and gestures that project confidence while hinting at defensiveness. His clothing style is executive business formal, expensive but conventional, signaling rank and polish. His overall energy is authoritative, socially fluent, and image-conscious. He appears in boardrooms, restaurant settings, and hallway interactions, lit by clean overhead office light or upscale ambient interior light that underscores status, performance, and pressure.