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Art style: Dark Cartoon. At the collapsing edge of the underground hollow, Tom hangs off balance over a muddy drop while Elena strains backward, gripping his arm to keep him from falling. A fallen flashlight casts a sharp beam across churned mud where a wedding band glints half buried near exposed roots. Dynamic medium shot from a low side angle to heighten danger and the ring's sudden significance. Lighting is harsh flashlight spill with darkness swallowing the chamber edges. Mood is frantic, heartbreaking, and physical. Dominant palette: mud brown, black, cold white, dull silver. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Dark Cartoon" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Dark Cartoon". 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 "Dark Cartoon" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Elena Marsh: A woman in her early 30s with a lean build, pale olive skin, and sharp gray-green eyes that look alert even when tired. She has shoulder-length dark brown hair, usually parted to one side and slightly windswept, with subtle under-eye shadows from sleepless nights. Her features are refined but tense, with a straight nose and expressive brows. She wears a practical charcoal coat over a dark sweater, fitted jeans, and worn leather boots, carrying a satchel with notebooks and a voice recorder. Her overall energy is intelligent, wary, and stubbornly brave. She stands in dim evening light outside an aging rural house, dead grass and bare trees behind her. - Deputy Tom Reyes: A man in his late 30s with a broad-shouldered, sturdy build, medium tan skin, and tired brown eyes shaped by long shifts and skepticism. He has closely cropped black hair, light stubble along a square jaw, and a small scar near one eyebrow. His expression usually rests somewhere between patience and doubt. He wears a sheriff's department jacket over a tan uniform shirt, dark duty pants, and a utility belt, with a flashlight clipped at his side. His overall vibe is grounded, reliable, and cautious rather than heroic. He stands beside a patrol SUV under a weak streetlamp near a deserted country road, with damp night air and distant woods behind him. - Daniel Marsh: A man in his early 40s with a tall, slightly gaunt build, fair skin, and intelligent hazel eyes shadowed by obsession. He has wavy chestnut hair, a narrow face, and a tired but kind mouth framed by short, uneven beard growth. His clothes are modest and slightly rumpled: a beige work shirt with rolled sleeves, dark suspenders, worn trousers, and a weathered wedding band. There is a constant air of distraction about him, as though half his attention is listening to something others cannot hear. He stands in the interior of an old house study lit by a desk lamp, with handwritten notes, dust, and darkness pressing in from the corners.