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{Outside The Projection}
Just as the projection paused before an utterly stunned audience, a familiar sound slammed their ears like thunder.
HOOOT!
Every single soul in the hall spun around.
Their eyes met—
"SINBAD?!"
And indeed, there he was.
The little giant.
Sinbad.
Gasps. Shouts. Curses.
They all resounded at once.
Chaos had taken over, and not only them, but the entire world.
The massive crimson owl calmly strode through the crowd like royalty.
People in the back scrambled aside, tripping over themselves to get out of his way.
"No way—"
"NO FUCKING WAY—"
"YOU WERE SINBAD THIS WHOLE TIME?!"
"What the hell?!"
"Why didn't you SAY anything?!"
"That's Lady Huda's brother?! HER brother?!"
"All this time he was just... hanging around?! Watching?!"
Even the elders whispered now.
No one had seen it coming.
They had seen the hints, but still...
Somehow, this was a twist they didn't expect.
Sinbad, the twist in question, didn't seem to care, though.
