Art style: Vibrant cel-shaded manga. A wide vertical shot in a quiet corner of the market square. A hand has firmly gripped the shoulder of a boy, who has stopped mid-stride and looks down at the ground in defeat. The sausages lie on the cobblestones between them. The lighting is cool and sobering, casting long evening shadows. Dominant colors are muted blues, dark browns, and slate grey. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Vibrant cel-shaded manga" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Vibrant cel-shaded manga". 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 "Vibrant cel-shaded manga" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Gadsby: A ten-year-old boy with a lean, energetic build and a face full of youthful mischief. He has messy, wind-swept chestnut hair that hangs over his forehead and bright, observant hazel eyes. He wears a simple, slightly oversized beige linen tunic cinched at the waist with a thin leather cord and worn brown trousers that are frayed at the hems. His feet are bare and dusty from the market streets. He carries an air of quick-witted confidence. The background is a soft-focus medieval village street with warm, natural sunlight highlighting his youthful features and tanned skin. - Butcher: A formidable man in his late fifties with a broad, barrel-chested frame and thick, muscular arms. He has a square jawline, a bushy salt-and-pepper mustache, and stern, deep-set grey eyes under heavy brows. He is dressed in a sturdy, dark green wool shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, protected by a heavy, dark leather apron tied firmly around his waist. His presence is commanding and no-nonsense. He stands within a dimly lit shop interior with stone walls and hanging iron implements, illuminated by a warm, flickering torch that casts long shadows.
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