As expected, weeks passed—
***
{Outside The Projection}
"WEEKS?!"
Someone blurted, his voice barely able to contain the sheer disbelief.
Much of the crowd went loud alongside him, both shocked and confused.
Though this was very much a possibility, one already established by this Ten Commandment before them, they had still found it surprising.
"He's been waiting there for weeks?!"
Another echoed.
"What about the rest of the war?! We're skipping on all of it? There's no way!"
But before their noise could swell any further, Noor, of all people, moved.
Her throne, still suspended high in the air, tilted ever so slightly.
A shadow stretched from beneath it, landing upon all of them.
"Quiet."
It wasn't a yell.
It wasn't even loud.
But it killed the noise completely.
Noor's veil-covered eyes scanned those beneath her.
"You will not speak. Not while the war is still ongoing."
***
{Inside The Projection}
—and no sign of the enemy Jinn made itself known.
