He had an unbelievable finding just from the action of devouring a Primordial Realm.
Something utterly surreal!
A creature that felt like it had the Immensity of an Absolute, and yet at the same time, it wasn’t. The classification didn’t fit. The parameters didn’t align. It existed in a space between definitions that Noah hadn’t even known was possible.
The Mnemonic Leviathan looked at him with ancient patience as it asked once more.
"What question do you have?"
The voice was filled with Immensity that pressed against reality itself.
Noah’s eyes flashed sharply as he replied.
"I am not yet ready to give my question."
His words came calm and imperious.
"I am interested in learning more about you before I give my question. I do not even know how to categorize you, and I have met many across Existence."
...!
This was actually a new finding that made him rather excited. Something outside the scope of what he knew about THE Creature and THE Living Paradox and all others.
What was it?
Where did it come from?
How did it fit into the grand weavings of Observable Existence?
As he was thinking about all of this, THE Mnemonic Leviathan initially looked at him in silence.
And then she eventually spoke.
"Primordial Realms. Shores. Folds. Wheels. Renowned Existences."
Her voice boomed across the void between realms.
"All that which you may have been exposed to in Observable Existence does not mean that is all there is in Observable Existence."
BOOM!
The words landed with weight that made nearby space tremble.
"THE Creature is not everything. Chaos or Paradox are not everything. THE First Tongue is not everything across Observable Existence."
Her ancient eyes held something that might have been amusement at his limited perspective.
"Observable Existence is vast, mighty, and filled with wonders. Some cannot even be perceived by entities less than Absolute. And some... even Absolutes are not privy to."
She paused, letting that truth settle.
"That is Existence. Many stray when they believe they know everything and have seen everything."
Her form pulsed with crimson-pink light.
"Now. What do you wish to know?"
...!
The words of THE Mnemonic Leviathan were ridiculously heavy as Noah listened.
This entity held more knowledge than many, but she didn’t seem to want to talk too much. She answered what was asked and nothing more. No elaboration. No tangents. No freely given wisdom that might help him understand the broader context.
And he loved to meet old things that loved to talk.
They freely gave the most information without even realizing it. A rambling ancient being could reveal secrets in casual asides that would take years to discover otherwise.
But this one was different.
She wanted her question and nothing more.
If she really wanted a question to keep talking...
Noah’s eyes flashed with tyranny as he nodded, as if he’d arrived at his answer.
"What do I need to do in order to stand above everyone in power in Observable Existence in the shortest amount of time?"
BOOM!
He didn’t ask about THE Entity.
Instead, he asked a question that would be pertinent to him for the foreseeable future.
A question whose answer could guide his path for eons to come.
And...
...!
THE Mnemonic Leviathan frowned.
She silently looked at him with those ancient eyes, her massive form going still in ways that suggested genuine surprise.
"..."
As if she was asking... dude, what the fuck kind of question was that?
The pages floating around her body slowed their eternal dance.
"Ask another question."
"Don’t you know almost everything?"
"You do not have an answer to this question?"
"I know almost everything."
"And the question you asked cannot be feasibly answered."
"Okay. Those are two questions answered. That concludes and even exceeds your granted question, O Claimer of THE First Tongue."
...!
"You..."

"I do not like to be bothered."

"So. Just ask another question."
...!
"What is everything I need to know to overcome THE Entity that has already overtaken Jotunheim and THE Secretive Eon?"
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