Insignia

The mission clerk, still flustered, snapped back to reality with Alex's words. Her face flushed as she quickly gathered herself, fumbling with the ledger as if searching for the right protocol.

"Yes, yes! Of course, I-I'll handle it right away," she stammered, her eyes flicking nervously from Alex to the massive black leopard sprawled across the floor. She motioned to a pair of assistants standing nearby, who looked just as dumbfounded as everyone else in the hall.

The assistants hurried forward to inspect the beast, still casting stunned glances at Alex and Mira. As they moved closer, the scent of blood and the raw size of the black leopard made them hesitate, but they knelt down, examining the corpse carefully. One of them ran his hand over the beast's coat, marvelling at the lethal claws and the sheer power its form suggested.