If he could use their terrifying power, assimilate enough of their higher-scale authority… he might just be able to cut himself free!
This was the thought Achilles had as one of his Constellation Dream Bodies struggled against the crushing narrative weight of three Level Zero Scale Nar'Thyss in Star Sea Beta-13.
The universe itself seemed to hold its breath around the trapped insect.
Away from Star Sea Beta-13, in The Void.
Here, where absence was the only certainty, another of Achilles's Constellation Dream Bodies appeared beside Rose. This one wasn't engaged in battle; it was the anchor, the observer, the consciousness coordinating the impossible.
Rose, in her watery form, turned instantly.
Even across the non-distance of The Void, she could feel the pressure being exerted on his other self, the terrifying weight of a higher Scale of Existence.
