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Art style: 2D Hand-drawn. A wide establishing shot of a European old town at dusk, with steep-pitched roofs and timber-framed buildings covered in a thick layer of fresh, white snow. The sky is a deep indigo, and large, simplified white snowflakes fall gently through the air. In the foreground, a cobblestone street curves toward a stone archway. On the left side of the frame, a small boy in a red coat stands looking up at a bright red balloon that is floating away. From the right side of the frame, Oliver enters on an old, black bicycle with a glowing brass lantern in the front basket. His long yellow scarf trails behind him, cutting a vibrant line across the blue and white landscape. The camera is at a low angle, looking up at the archway. The lighting is a mix of cold blue twilight and the warm, golden glow from the bicycle's lantern. The textures are soft and painterly, with visible ink-like outlines on the buildings and characters, suggesting a hand-drawn world. The boy is in the midground, while Oliver is in the foreground, moving toward the center. The atmosphere is quiet, magical, and slightly melancholic. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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: Classic 2D hand-drawn animation, clean expressive outlines, simplified shapes, soft cel shading, illustrated backgrounds, traditional animated-film aesthetic. Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom. Character identity reference (face, age, build and clothing only): - Oliver: . Oliver is a shy, lanky young man in his early twenties, tall and slender with a slight forward stoop in his narrow shoulders. He has a pale, fair complexion flushed pink at the nose and cheeks from the cold, soft gentle features, large thoughtful hazel eyes, and a tousled mop of light brown hair peeking from under a worn charcoal flat cap. A very long mustard-yellow knitted scarf wraps several times around his neck and trails past his knees. He wears a buttoned olive-brown wool coat over a cream sweater, slim dark trousers, fingerless grey gloves, and scuffed brown leather lace-up boots. He stands beside an old black bicycle holding a glowing brass lantern, a small bashful half-smile, gazing softly aside. Cobblestone street, falling snow, warm shop windows at dusk. - The Little Boy: centered on a snowy cobblestone street in a European old town at dusk. A small boy, around five years old, with a round rosy-cheeked face, big teary blue eyes brimming over, a small button nose pink from the cold, and tousled light-brown hair peeking from under a knitted woolen beanie with a fluffy pom-pom. He wears a thick padded winter coat in warm mustard-and-cream, buttoned to the chin, a chunky knitted scarf wound snug, little mittens, short corduroy trousers, woolen knee socks, and small laced snow boots. His posture is distraught — shoulders slumped, mittened hands reaching upward toward the sky, mouth downturned in a quivering cry as he searches for his lost red balloon. Soft snowflakes drift around him; glowing warm lamplight and old timber-framed shops fill the background. The SCENE description determines the cast, number of people, actions, setting and framing. Include every character it calls for together in this scene; do not turn it into a solo character portrait.