The room hummed with quiet, alien energy — walls pulsing faintly, like a living thing. The Monster sat cross-legged on the floor, his enormous body hunched over a thick manual that barely fit in his hands. His skin, white as untouched snow, gleamed under the soft glow of bioluminescent orbs hanging from the ceiling. Long, silky hair pooled around him like a spectral veil, and his six horns cast jagged shadows against the walls.