Noah opened his eyes, the world outside his internal sanctum snapping back into focus.
He felt the bloody purple flames dancing across his skin, a warm, empowering caress.
Beside him, Khor's eyes had widened, her usual mischievous curiosity replaced by a flicker of genuine astonishment.
She smiled, a slow, knowing expression spreading across her face. "Outsider," she said, her voice a mixture of surprise and approval, "you began playing with your heart right away?"
Noah only gave a nod.
His gaze was fixed on the unfolding apocalypse, but his will was directed inward, toward the extensions of his own being. A command, silent and absolute, shot through his connections.
'Give your Complexity. Give your Purity. Give it all to your Heart'
HUUM!
Behind him, the auras of Ra'Zan, the Primordial Stone Ape, and Ozymandias momentarily vanished, as if their very existences had been snuffed out.
