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Art style: Dark Comic. The Man approaches, his shoulders slumped with guilt. He cannot meet Lena's eyes. Lena recognizes him not by his face, but by the aura of guilt he carries. The world seems to stop and go silent as he speaks. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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): - Lena: A woman in her late 30s or early 40s. She has a tired, drawn face with expressive, knowing eyes that have seen too much sorrow. Her hair is simple, perhaps tied back loosely. She wears practical, unassuming clothes, like a warm coat over a sweater. Her posture is one of exhaustion but also underlying determination. - Olesya: A woman of indeterminate age, though she seems older than her years due to a profound weariness. Her eyes are kind but appear broken, haunted by a long wait. She sits with a certain stillness, a quiet patience. She's dressed warmly but simply, blending into the lakeside environment. - The Man: A man in his 40s, with a face etched with guilt. He avoids eye contact, his shoulders slumped as if carrying a heavy weight. He wears a dark jacket and a hat, partially obscuring his face, making him seem anonymous and part of a larger, shadowy system.