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Art style: Dark Comic. A stark, unfinished basement with grey concrete walls and a heavy, reinforced steel door. A single, bare lightbulb hangs from the ceiling, casting a harsh, yellow light and long, dramatic shadows. A man sits on the floor with his back against the door, holding a young boy tightly in his lap. The man's head is tilted back against the steel, his eyes closed in exhaustion and fear. The composition is a wide shot that emphasizes the isolation and smallness of the characters. The colors are industrial greys, dull yellows, and deep, oppressive blacks. The mood is a mix of temporary relief and mounting dread. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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. - Leo: A seven-year-old boy with a small, fragile frame and messy, sun-bleached blonde hair. He is wearing light blue cotton pajamas with a faint pattern of small dinosaurs. His face is pale, with wide, watery blue eyes and visible tear streaks down his cheeks. His lower lip is trembling, and his expression is one of pure, wide-eyed shock and vulnerability. He is sitting huddled on a bed with rumpled white sheets. The atmosphere around him is cold and shadowy, with a soft, eerie glow from a nearby nightlight providing the only illumination.