2D animated storyboard frame, matching the drawing style of the reference images: clean confident ink linework, flat cel colours with soft cinematic lighting and gentle graphic-novel shading, stylised but grounded proportions, expressive faces. Characters must match their reference model sheets. Chest-height view packed with shoulders and backs of a vast crowd in Trafalgar Square; children's shoes tied to railings in the foreground; an empty stone plinth at frame edge. Beyond, on a white stage, Elias Thorne, tall and gaunt, close white beard, kind unblinking eyes, ivory robes with a gold woven sunrise sigil, white metal shepherd's staff, opens his arms like a grandfather. Beside the lens, Maya in black parka and red scarf chews the scarf's edge, her face opening with longing. Grey overcast light. No text, no letters, no logos, no captions.
