Clean semi-realistic comic illustration style with watercolor background: A fair-skinned man in his 30s with dark curly hair, wearing a modern dark shirt, stands watching a silhouetted person consult their manipulator about what happened — their own memories shown as birds that have flown from their head toward the other person — the transfer of reality ownership made visible. His expression is the saddest moment in the piece. Behind him, the watercolor background dissolves into a psychological dreamscape: a throne labeled "AUTHORITY ON REALITY" occupied by the shadowed figure, the confused person below with empty thought-space above their head, asking the one who erased their memory what is true. Warm amber and cream tones with clean expressive comic linework. Background washes in muted rose and charcoal watercolor. White fade at the edges. The overall mood is tragic, the complete goal of gaslighting achieved and shown. Premium scene image quality, sharp focal character, painterly blurred background.