Something had shifted in how the air felt.
Since arriving in THE Braneworld Observable Existence, Noah had been aware of a subtle resistance in the ambient Infinity here, the specific quality of a medium that had not been calibrated for his kind of power. Not debilitating. Just present. A constant low-level friction between what he was and what this place expected its inhabitants to be.
The Infinite Existential Empowerment dissolved that friction entirely.
The surging river of connection between him and Ubergulden Adelheid blazed with visible luminescence, and through that river the Infinity of THE Braneworld stopped resisting him and started flowing toward him the way it flowed toward beings who belonged here.
He breathed easier. He perceived farther. The flows of information that Infinity touched in the surrounding space began returning feedback to him with the generosity of a medium that had just decided to cooperate.
Pillow Talk was already working. The passive capability of his Absolute Luxuria Ego had been pulling ambient information since he arrived, but with the resistance gone it operated at a different level entirely. The weavings of information in the surrounding space were not merely available...they were streaming toward him as if existence itself had decided that his current objectives merited its full disclosure.
The secrets, the knowledge, the carefully hoarded truths of this elevated domain.
They simply flowed.
|Existence speaks:|
|The three beings designated Sororis Prima carry engineering that exceeds standard Ordovician Paleozoic classification. Silurian Paleozoic proximity confirmed for all three. Their foundations are actively pulling from THE Cognitio Cause, the Prime Cause governing knowledge and comprehension. They do not merely wield derived Civilizations anchored in learning. They have incorporated partial Cognitio Cause authority into their existences.|
|Sororis Prima Evangelina: Civilizational Access: approximately 31%. The highest of the three.|
|Sororis Prima Konstanze: Civilizational Access: approximately 27%.|
|Sororis Prima Mathilde: Civilizational Access: approximately 25%.|
|All three exceed the 25% threshold required for Prime Cause Incorporation attempts. All three have succeeded where most Gilded Ones fail.|
|Additional observation: The vessel you currently occupy is a sovereign domain of the Ubergulden House, registered as exempt from standard Magna Sorora surveillance protocols. Conversations within it carry no external record...|
Noah’s eyes were bright as he processed all of it and focused on Evangelina.
The most capable of the three. Thirty-one percent Civilizational Access!
Evangelina looked at him directly as she spoke, though her words covered the room.
"The connection between a Gilded One and their Custodes is unique. After they have been with one another for eons, they develop such a strong sense of trust that their existences can resonate to form an even grander bond, allowing power to be shared between the two seamlessly while both are empowered from it."
Her mandala-eyes rotated slowly.
"A Primaris Bond. Even I do not have such a bond with my own Custodes." A brief pause that carried neither self-pity nor complaint, only assessment.
"I was worried about a weak, lust-filled Gilded One being your Custodes. But it seems that even still, you are not entirely without instinct. This arrangement works for now."
Her gaze shifted.
"Dietrich. You and your sister need to get ready."
Dietrich’s frown arrived immediately, his pupilless golden eyes moving from Evangelina to Noah.
"We still need to understand everything about him. What he has been doing these past eons, what his intentions are, how this bond actually formed-"
"We have already taken care of all of it."
"Need I remind you that we do not have time? If we lose this opportunity, THE Relictus will find out about our advancements and everything will be closed off once more. Every delay is a door shutting."

’It seems there were a lot of things you didn’t tell me. I would have acclimated much better and done things considerably faster.’
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