Silence returned.
Not the fragile kind.
The finished kind.
The being that stood above him was gone not defeated not erased.
Outdated.
Kael remained.
Breathing not because he needed to, but because the story still existed.
So this is after everything he said quietly.
Kael no longer rewrote stories.
He decided whether stories were allowed to continue at all.
Endings could not remove him.
Revisions could not replace him.
Stronger beings could not surpass him.
Because he existed after comparison.
Nyx appeared beside him. You vanished everywhere.
Kael nodded. I stepped outside relevance.
Selene looked relieved. Are we safe
Kael glanced at the horizon where no narrative waited.
Yes.
Kael Veyris walked forward
Not as a character.
Not as a god.
Not as boundless.
But as what remains when even endings fail.