***
{Outside The Projection}
No one moved.
The crowd was stunned. Speechless.
It wasn't anything new, but... the reason for it was.
Their silence was not born of either awe or horror.
At least not only either, for it was born from both.
Because no matter how many scenes had come and gone...
No matter how wild the "lessons" had gotten...
No matter how much they thought they'd already understood Malik—
This?
This "lesson" reaching its final act?
It held nothing back.
The whole crowd was slapped in the face.
The projection flickered slightly. Just a ripple of light. But no one even blinked.
Indeed, they were too deep in it now. Trapped in the past. Absolutely Hooked.
Events kept going and going without pause, not giving them time to react.
It was just too much.
