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Art style: Dark Comic. Under the blazing midday sun, a vast gray concrete path stretches into the distance, dotted with barely noticeable white lines and scattered dust particles. The scene is shot from a low, wide-angle angle at ground level, emphasizing its enormous size against the backdrop of a large egg on the starting line. The lighting is bright and direct, with sharp shadows creating a tense, unsettling atmosphere. The large, light-colored egg rests on a rough surface, its shell beginning to crack, forming visible fissures. A cockroach hatches from the egg. The dominant color palette consists of cool grays, muted beiges, and sharp white lines in intense daylight. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 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): - Scritch: A determined male cockroach in his prime with a glossy dark brown shell, six spindly legs, and quick darting antennae. He has a small jagged scar across his left wing case from early survival. His body is lean and fast-moving, with expressive compound eyes that convey constant alertness. He wears nothing but carries tiny scavenged trophies like a bottle cap shield and a paperclip harness. He moves with manic energy and desperate optimism. Standing on a cracked asphalt starting line at dawn, harsh sodium streetlight casting sharp shadows, muted urban grays and rust browns with a faint sickly green highlight on his shell.