Time and glory.
Many across existence had debated their relationship since consciousness first achieved capacity for abstract thought.
Some argued glory required time, that accumulated achievements across eons inevitably produced legendary status through sheer persistence and compound growth.
Others claimed glory transcended time, that single moment of unprecedented action could eclipse millennia of mundane existence.
But the truth was simpler.
If one possessed sufficient time, unfathomable glory became inevitable.
Given enough duration, even modest advantages compounded into overwhelming superiority.
Given enough opportunities, even improbable outcomes manifested through statistical certainty. Given enough accumulation, even incremental growth achieved catastrophic totals.
The question was never whether time produced glory.
The question was whether one survived long enough to benefit from time's multiplicative effects.
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