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Art style: Cinematic Neo-Noir. A sleek networking event in a corporate atrium with standing tables, distant conversations, tall glass panels, and soft city lights outside after dusk. Medium-wide shot from a static frontal angle showing Ethan choosing not to interrupt, simply listening while several interactions unfold around him. Mixed cool exterior light and warm interior uplighting create layered contrast across the room. The mood is disciplined, alert, and quietly powerful. His stillness separates him from the restless social motion around him, turning silence into strategic leverage. Dominant colors are navy, amber, black, and silver. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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.