Disbelief

The prompt

Static, symmetrical close-up of a weary middle-aged East Asian office worker at a beige retro-futurist desk, deadpan comedy tone, photoreal with soft fluorescent light. 0–2s: a sleek white robotic arm lowers another tall stack of paperwork beside him. 2–5s: he blinks slowly, inhales and opens his mouth as if to object, then closes it without a word. 5–8s: he turns his eyes directly to the camera and holds a flat, exhausted stare. Throughout: locked camera, centered framing, muted beige and pale green palette, towers of paper filling the desk.