Noah's eyes buzzed with intensity as he processed all of this while still holding The Infiniverse in his embrace.
This frozen instant stretched as information flooded his consciousness.
Why had THE Creature saved him? He had asked himself this question repeatedly during his return.
The answer became devastatingly clear now.
Oh, it was so clear now.
THE Creature had not saved him out of benevolence or mercy.
THE Creature had saved him because Noah's survival and return maximized the harvest for all involved.
If Noah had been captured or collapsed by THE Living Temporal, the Infinite Potential would have been lost or redirected.
But by allowing Noah to return to his current era, by ensuring the loop completed properly, THE Creature ensured that all the accumulated potential across eons would manifest.
And since THE Creature held Lumivara, Ains, Ul'moreth, and countless others locked away in The Belly of Existence, siphoning from them constantly across all those eons...
