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Art style: Dark Comic. A close-up, top-down shot of the open book resting on the desk. The pages are thick, creamy vellum, filled with elegant but wet black calligraphy. A single candle nearby flickers just out of frame, casting a warm orange glow against the deep shadows of the desk. The ink glistens under the light. Rich amber and ink-black tones define the scene. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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 late 40s with sharp, intellectual features and deep-set, anxious hazel eyes. He has messy salt-and-pepper hair tucked behind his ears and wears a weathered brown tweed vest over a wrinkled white button-down shirt. Small, round wire-rimmed spectacles sit low on his nose. His expression is one of intense focus and dawning realization. He stands in a dark, atmospheric setting with soft light highlighting the textures of his skin and the fabric of his clothing. His overall energy is restless and scholarly.