He turned to look at Naldine directly.
"That is something I would really like to know."
He extended multicolored light toward her form, his authority reaching out to include her awareness within this expanded perception. Her eyes gained cognizance as she was pulled into this moment stretched toward infinity, her frozen expression shifting into animation as she processed what had just occurred.
She observed the landscape around them, observed Grimvault’s smile suspended in brutal configuration, observed everything held in stillness while the two of them moved freely through perception that had been extended beyond normal parameters.
"Hey."
Noah’s voice emerged again, this time directed entirely at her.
"You know about this Silurian Light, yes? We have a moment stretching out toward infinity here."
His eyes held hers with intensity that refused to acknowledge impossibility.
"Teach it to me."
...!
Naldine looked at him as if he were insane.
She observed the frozen landscape that was really their perception, observed Grimvault’s massive form suspended mid-mockery, observed everything that should have been moving held in stillness by an ability she had not known Noah possessed.
"Such a thing is impossible."
Her voice emerged with frustration that pressed against the stillness surrounding them.
"To even sense THE Pulses of The Scales, Calymmian Proterozoic Scale entities have the immensity of existence. The number of Bones, Organs, and development of their Civilizations. You cannot even perceive the Pulses, much less try to utilize one."
She stepped closer to him within this frozen moment.
"I did not tell you because it would hold no meaning to you. I did not think you would seek conflict and adversity to come across any Calymmian Proterozoic Scale entity so soon. I expected to have time with you and introduce everything else to you properly."
Her extraordinary visage maintained its imperious allure, but she showed her frustration at this time openly.
"But you will not fucking sit still!"
...!
Noah remained looking at her calmly as she vented frustrations that had apparently been building since she first encountered him.
His expression held none of the contrition her words should have provoked. He had brought this situation upon himself through choices that prioritized advancement over safety, through decisions that drew enemies who possessed capabilities he could not match. He had known what he was doing. He had done it anyway!
And now he required tools to survive what he had provoked.
His voice emerged with certainty that refused to acknowledge the impossibility she had described.
"Teach. Me."
...!
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<An Unfathomable Distance Away>
The corpses were gone.
Where three Proterozoic Scale Primordial Architects had once lain in configurations of death around THE Creature’s throne, only bloodstains remained. The armored scales of Horus had been consumed. The script-covered flesh of the second had been devoured. The elegant form of the third had been absorbed into foundations that continued growing despite having surpassed what most beings could comprehend.
THE Creature sat in the same position he had occupied throughout his feast, but his body now buzzed with resplendent multicolored brilliance that pressed outward against everything within range. The flames surrounding his form burned brighter than before, fed by Proterozoic Bones and Organs that had been broken down into their constituent authorities and integrated into his existence. Every cell of his being radiated power that made the darkness of this domain seem insufficient to contain him.

"THE Silurian Light."


"I want to go help him."
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