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Art style: Cinematic Realistic. CRITICAL COMPOSITION: Ethan Cole stands ALONE on the rain-soaked sidewalk in the foreground. Preserve Ethan’s exact face, hairstyle, age, clothing and body proportions from the character reference and previous scenes. Ethan is shown in a cinematic medium shot, positioned in the foreground. His body remains on the sidewalk. He has turned his head and is staring far down the street with sudden recognition and fear. His eyes are wide, his lips slightly parted. FAR IN THE BACKGROUND, approximately 40–60 meters away from Ethan, a black SUV has just turned onto the street. The SUV must be SMALL in the frame because it is far away. It is NOT beside Ethan, NOT behind Ethan at close distance, and NOT on the sidewalk. The black SUV is traveling normally on the ROAD toward Ethan’s general direction. Its headlights are visible through the heavy rain. Ethan and the SUV must both be clearly visible in the same composition: Ethan large in the foreground, SUV small and distant in the background. Heavy nighttime rain, wet asphalt, realistic reflections, moody amber and teal city lighting, premium photorealistic live-action psychological thriller cinematography, shallow depth of field while keeping the distant SUV recognizable, realistic skin and wet clothing, vertical 9:16. ABSOLUTE RULES: SUV stays on the roadway. SUV is far away. SUV does NOT approach the sidewalk yet. No collision. No vehicle immediately behind Ethan. No Maya Reeves. No Mysterious Man. No additional foreground characters. No supernatural effects. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Cinematic Realistic" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic Realistic". 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 "Cinematic Realistic" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Ethan Cole: A 27-year-old American man with short, neat dark brown hair and observant brown eyes. He has a light, natural stubble across a strong jawline. His expression is often focused and skeptical. He wears a dark charcoal jacket over a simple black T-shirt and dark denim jeans. The lighting is low and moody, reflecting a nighttime city environment with rain-slicked surfaces in the background. He has a grounded, realistic vibe, looking like a natural urban dweller rather than a model.