As a result, Victor appeared remarkably ordinary and unassuming in his daily life. When he remained silent, people often felt as though he simply faded into the background, a presence so faint it could vanish at will if one stopped paying attention. There was something about that quiet, withdrawn air that carried a faint echo of Regis, the former city lord of Beastfall. It was worth remembering that Regis had reached the Apex State, the legendary harmony between man and heaven, where existence itself seemed to bend around one's presence.
"According to old legends," Victor said calmly, laying out what he knew, "when reality first crystallized from chaos, the Primordial Sun and Abyssal Void separated, and from that division was born the First Principle…"
