Art style: Modern 2D Webcomic.
A minimalist stickman stands frozen on the fourth glowing step of a vast ascending staircase, completely still, arms slightly out in bewilderment. A large glowing question mark hovers above his head. The surrounding steps fade into empty gray fog above and below, emphasizing isolation and stagnation. Eye-level wide shot, centered composition, flat horizon. Cool, flat diffused lighting with no strong shadows, conveying dull stillness. Muted gray-blue and pale amber palette, quiet and stagnant atmosphere, a sense of being trapped in place.
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image entirely in "Modern 2D Webcomic" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Modern 2D Webcomic". 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 "Modern 2D Webcomic" idiom, not in any other medium.
