***
{Outside The Projection}
The yelling died down.
It wasn't all at once, of course, more like an old campfire burning out.
A few curses still popped here and there, someone muttered something about "blue balls," but yeah... their frustration was fizzling out. No one was getting those answers.
They all knew Malik had just been fed something huge.
The kind of information that melted minds.
But of course, Malik barely reacted.
He didn't ask questions like a normal man. Didn't ramble or theorize.
As every man and woman on Fam Iblis expected, he... just... nodded.
And that was what made it worse.
"I don't think he even cared."
"He didn't! He never does!"
"Man lives like life's a checklist."
"'Oh, you're telling me our world is fucked? Hmm, neat. Now, where's the nearest cheat I can shove to hasten my vengeance plan?'"
The crowd collectively sighed.
That was Malik.
