"You killed my brother," Morth'ak said, his voice now controlled but no less deadly. "Zorak was no saint, but he was mine to protect. You didn't just kill him—you erased him from existence itself. You denied him even the dignity of an echo in the cosmic record."
"Zorak sent assassins to my home," Elias replied simply. "They threatened someone I care about. The response was proportional."
"PROPORTIONAL?" Morth'ak's fury exploded outward, causing nearby realities to flicker and distort. "You obliterated a being who had existed for eons! You removed him from the River of Time! There is nothing I can do—nothing reality itself can do—to bring him back!"
"Yes," Elias acknowledged. "That was the point. A lesson needed to be taught."
