Noah's eyes pulsed with recognition of how this would unfold.
Right. Deterioration toward catastrophe. That was more often than not how existence operated when confronting those with overwhelming power.
Astrape looked Noah up and down with assessing gaze before he continued speaking with a philosophical observation.
"Any common Pre-THE Existence would have immediately gotten on their knees right now upon sensing my presence," he said with voice carrying superiority. "They would be bowing their heads down submissively and being as obedient as possible just to be allowed to remain in my presence without being obliterated."
He tilted his head with interest.
"And yet you, little anomaly, are looking directly at me as if we are somehow equals. You do not even show an appropriate sense of fear or deference. That behavior in itself is quite unnatural."
His smile widened with predatory amusement.
