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Art style: Dark Comic. A frantic scene in a dimly lit hallway. A man is captured in mid-stride, carrying a young boy tightly against his chest. The man's face is a mask of pure, adrenaline-fueled terror, his mouth open in a silent shout. The boy's face is buried in the man's shoulder, his small hands clutching the flannel shirt. The camera angle is a dynamic medium shot from the side. The background is a blur of domestic details—a coat rack, a mirror, a closed door—all cast in deep, flickering shadows. The colors are warm amber from a hallway light clashing with the cold blue of the night. The mood is chaotic and urgent. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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): - Elias: A man in his mid-30s with rugged features, a short-cropped brown beard, and tired, sunken eyes reflecting intense anxiety. He is wearing a worn, dark grey flannel shirt over a plain white t-shirt and slightly faded denim jeans. His hair is messy, as if he has been running his hands through it in stress. He has a sturdy build but carries himself with a frantic, hunched posture. The lighting is harsh and directional, casting deep shadows across his face, highlighting the beads of sweat on his forehead against a backdrop of a dimly lit, ordinary home interior. - Leo: A seven-year-old boy with a small, fragile frame and messy, sun-bleached blonde hair. He is wearing light blue cotton pajamas with a faint pattern of small dinosaurs. His face is pale, with wide, watery blue eyes and visible tear streaks down his cheeks. His lower lip is trembling, and his expression is one of pure, wide-eyed shock and vulnerability. He is sitting huddled on a bed with rumpled white sheets. The atmosphere around him is cold and shadowy, with a soft, eerie glow from a nearby nightlight providing the only illumination.