The Palace of Time was no longer quiet. A hum that could barely be sensed was slowly becoming louder. This was the sound of the Origin of Time, and this entire palace was the sublimation of that Origin.
Rowan had discovered through his battles with the Primordials that they all carried multiple Origins. They had plundered many Realities before Eosah, and the last thing they were lacking was Origin.
Of all the Primordials that Rowan had killed, he had been able to harvest only a single unit of Origin Force, which was the one from this Reality. He had lost out, but he had no choice; to kill a Primordial without exhausting their Origin Force was impossible.
However, Xyris, Primordial Time, had given Rowan a gift; he had allowed himself to fade without battle, thereby preserving all the Origin Force he had.
