Just like finding a treasure in a forest after you've stopped looking. The more you desire it, the more it slips away. That's the nature of the Laws — impartial, unyielding, and impossible to cheat. In the end, whether you're born a genius or a nobody… it makes no difference.
And that was the cosmic irony of it all: the deeper your comprehension of the Laws, the more power you could hold in your hands. But the further you went, the harder it became to move forward. Even for those fortunate enough to comprehend a Law, progress could slow to a crawl — or worse, vanish entirely. Many became impatient. Frustrated. Some even broke.
But the members of the Void Fleet were lucky. They had already reached the threshold. With Kallus's guidance and the unique support of the system surrounding him and his family, they weren't facing the full bitterness of that reality — not yet. But soon, they would. That reckoning was coming. Not tomorrow. Not in some distant future. But soon enough.
