Kaelen gasped as she watched space-time around Elias's laboratory begin to crystallize into new patterns. Reality was becoming more real in his presence, more solid, more responsive to intention.
"Mother, look at the Laws!" Aria pointed at her monitoring displays. "They're all strengthening. Space, Time, Causality—they're all becoming more stable!"
It was true. Within a radius of several light-years around Elias's position, the fundamental Laws of physics were operating more efficiently, more perfectly than they had before. It was as if his mere presence with the Perpetual Horizon Core was optimizing reality itself.
The effect continued to expand. Ten light-years. A hundred. A thousand. Across their entire home universe, beings sensitive to cosmic fluctuations felt a wave of profound change wash over them.
