Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir.
An intimate candlelit chamber, two figures at a small table with wine goblets. Medium two-shot: the gaunt strategist sits composed and guarded across from a smiling companion who leans in eagerly. The strategist keeps one hand concealed beneath the table, expression pleasant but eyes wary. Warm intimate candlelight with long shadows suggesting hidden tension. Mood: false warmth, quiet suspicion. Palette of wine-red, candle-gold, and shadowed brown.
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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.
