***
{Outside The Projection}
...That was intense.
So very intense.
And that was the Fifth?
THAT?!
The hall was still, shaken in a way it hadn't been in a while.
Many covered their mouths; others stared, unmoving, their eyes wide and their breaths shallow.
They felt fear, deep fear from that being.
But it wasn't just fear.
It was confusion and disbelief.
Al-Qa'ra, a name many had heard, but few believed was real.
A beast of myth used to scare children and humble talented seekers.
They knew that chancing upon Al-Qa'ra was Malik's bad luck, but the fact that it was in there in the first place made them shiver.
A Simurgh of such strength...
It was both a terrifying and incredible sight.
They didn't even know how a being that size could even function; it was simply too gargantuan.
And yet there it was.
Too large to make sense.
Too overwhelming to accept.
Even in memory, even behind a projection, its presence smothered the room.
