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Art style: Claymation. Inverted black and white ink sketch style. The glowing patterns have vanished. The mouse is back in the empty jar, looking down with a sad, hopeless expression, realizing it is trapped. The atmosphere is heavy and melancholic. High contrast. Negative prompt: deformed hands, extra fingers, morphing face, face flicker, changing outfit, inconsistent clothing, floating objects, warping background, jelly motion, gibberish text, distorted letters, watermark, blurry, low resolution, duplicate limbs. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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: high-end 3D cinematic claymation / stop-motion — hyper-stylized cartoon proportions with sharp geometric heads, huge bulging matte-white eyes with tiny sculpted pupils, sculpted hand-painted hair. Skin and hair show a tactile polymer-clay texture with subtle surface imperfections, slight bumps, soft matte finish — looking exactly like a physical hand-sculpted clay model. Clothing and accessories rendered hyper-realistically (glossy nylon, ribbed knit, leather, metal). Cinematic warm ambient practical-source lighting. 8k Octane render quality. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - A middle-aged man in his 40s: Claymation-style character, stop-motion animation aesthetic, textured handmade clay look with visible fingerprints and imperfect surface. A middle-aged man in his 40s, slightly worn and weathered face, deep expressive eyes, short messy hair, light stubble. Wears a simple dark turtleneck or worn leather jacket, muted earthy color palette (browns, ochre, deep green). Calm but intense expression, like someone who has seen a lot and speaks with quiet authority.