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{Outside The Projection}
The moment the projection froze, the hall exploded into noise.
"What the fuck was that?!"
"No, seriously, what the fuck was that?!"
"His head, man. His fucking head rolled off like a—like a—"
"Like a Goddamn melon!"
"Shit, shit!—That was fucked."
"...What the fuck did we just watch?"
"Ya'll never heard of him before?"
An older man asked, shaking his head.
"You from the upper district or somethin'?"
"No, I—"
"That statue."
A rough voice cut through the noise.
It was a middle-aged man with a thick beard, his scowl deep, standing not so far from Safira.
His green robes marked him as someone from one of the three main religious militias, Nasir Al-Sultan.
"That fucking statue... is one of the Twelve Great Ones."
The murmuring stilled. Heads turned.
"You sure?"
Someone asked cautiously.