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[REFS: attach @Elena face ref] Extreme close-up of the woman's face, filling the entire vertical frame. Just her eyes, nose, and mouth — forehead cropped at top, chin cropped at bottom. She is looking to the RIGHT at the man inches away from her. Her expression is the moment before a decision — she knows what she wants, she knows what it will cost, and she is choosing it anyway. Her eyes are luminous, direct, no longer guarded. Her lips are slightly parted. The strand of hair is still across her cheek. The amber cloud-break light is on the right side of her face — reflected from him, as if his warmth is the light source. This is the face of a woman who has lived two thousand years and is choosing, for the first time, to stay. Shot on full-frame mirrorless, 85mm at f1.4 — critically shallow, only her eyes in perfect focus, her lips and nose just softening at the edges. Natural overcast light. Hyperrealistic at maximum — every pore, the blood vessels in the white of her eye, individual lashes, the moisture on her lower lip, the peach fuzz on her jaw catching light. 9:16 vertical.

Generate a single, hyper-realistic character reference image (strictly no collages, text, watermarks, or borders). The image must feature a cinematic, three-quarter portrait of the described character, maintaining a sharp, tack-focused emphasis on the face with natural skin textures, pore details, and realistic micro-expressions. The lighting should be cinematic and directional (e.g., subtle split or Rembrandt lighting) to give depth, blending seamlessly with the environment specified in the character description. The character must have a natural, living presence, looking slightly off-camera or directly at the lens with a subtle, context-aware expression. Ensure the full head, neck, and upper shoulders are completely unobstructed. This image serves as a high-fidelity identity blueprint for temporal-consistent video generation.