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{Outside The Projection}
The projection paused.
The world did so along with it.
For a moment, men, women, and children...
People of all walks of life, seekers and merchants, beggars and nobles...
They all stood in silence.
The world mimicked their recent showing, only better.
They were absolutely and utterly stunned.
Many had forgotten how to breathe.
...What a story.
What a life.
"Haaa—!"
A sharp exhale echoed in the hall.
A sniffle followed.
A quiet muttering of words too soft to hear.
And, just like that, the spell they were under broke.
"That..."
The scarred woman covered her mouth, amber eyes shining with unshed tears.
"That was—"
"—Damn tragic."
A grizzled old man finished for her, rubbing at his eyes as if sand had suddenly gotten into them.
"But... God help me, it was beautiful."
Emotions, which were bottled up throughout the entirety of that... story, were finally let loose, running wild.
