PHOTO: NT-PHOTO-000007 SOURCE: immutable snapshot sha256:13c09bbff37933a57e0a09649f2ed66db91e8367c78aea3ccf1aacb410c8170a RESULT: Developed successfully. Dan is the focal Character in a portrait-oriented frame in the NITETIME.NET Garage. Although the snapshot's top-level characters array is empty, Dan's complete visible Character record is the focal_subject and was therefore rendered. Geoff remains behind the camera and is not rendered. Dan holds the NITETIME Field Camera in both hands, as specified. REFERENCE USE: The renderer loaded and supplied canon/characters/nt-char-5a9f854c-b507-448e-88e0-88d2d6505734/profile-v008/reference.png as the explicit identity-preserving image input. PHOTO B was not independently reinterpreted from prose. CONTINUITY: Face, bald head and head shape, black-frame eyewear, mature age presentation, fit build, and dapper bearing match PHOTO A and the established profile-v8 reference. The closer portrait crop, direct gaze, pose, and lighting differ naturally. The held camera remains consistent in type/state, though photographic viewpoint and generative detail cause non-identical prop geometry. The garage remains recognizable through its corkboard, receiver/workbench, terminal, rafters, and open door. MISSING CANON / RENDERER CHOICES: Exact facial geometry and eye color remain unspecified and are anchored by the established reference. Facial-hair state was not explicit; no prominent facial hair was introduced. Clothing was unspecified and the reference's restrained dark dapper layers were reused as temporary scene state. Exact camera model geometry, fine room layout, paper contents, and tool placement required visual interpretation.