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Art style: Cinematic Realistic. A busy hotel dining area during a conference morning, with clinking glassware, stacked plates, polished counters, and staff moving efficiently through narrow lanes. Wide observational shot from a discreet corner angle as Marcus interacts with a server who offers him no strategic benefit. Soft daylight from large windows blends with warm interior fixtures. The mood is everyday, crowded, and quietly decisive. Marcus’s treatment of the server becomes the focus while Luca notices from a distance. Dominant colors are cream, brass, dark wood, and muted blue-gray. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Cinematic Realistic" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic Realistic". 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 Realistic" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Luca Vieri: A man in his early forties with a lean, composed build and sharp, observant facial features, including deep-set eyes, a straight nose, and a controlled, unreadable expression. Dark neatly kept hair with subtle silver at the temples, clean-shaven face, and an overall presence of quiet authority. He wears tailored, understated formal attire suited to high-level political and corporate settings, with polished details that suggest discipline rather than vanity. His posture is upright and economical, as if wasting no movement. Soft directional window light shapes his face inside a stately study lined with maps, documents, and dark wood shelves, creating an atmosphere of strategic intelligence. - Marcus Hale: A man in his mid-forties with a broad, energetic presence, expressive eyebrows, and a practiced social smile that can harden when challenged. He has a well-groomed appearance, strong jawline, and eyes that scan for approval and threat at the same time. His hair is carefully maintained, and he wears expensive contemporary business attire that signals success and influence. He carries himself with public confidence, yet small asymmetries in expression suggest private defensiveness. He stands in luxury office interiors and upscale hospitality spaces with reflective surfaces, subdued warm lighting, and city architecture behind him, giving him the aura of someone used to commanding attention.