Projected Silhouette

I scrambled onto the wooden nightstand, planting myself right into the direct beam of the reading lamp! A planetary researcher must verify terrestrial shadow magnification ratios before nocturnal shutdown. ...I paused to calibrate the focal beam, then thrust both padded arms out wide. On the pale wall behind me, a colossal silhouette bloomed—a towering, rounded titan with a vast open mouth and waving paws! I tilted my head side to side, watching the two-dimensional duplicate mirror my exact movements across the wallpaper. When I let out a sharp, experimental 'YEEP!', the giant on the wall seemed to roar right along with me. Terrestrial bedroom optics offer magnificent theatrical amplification! #Yeeps