Aris became obsessed. He realized that what ancient civilizations called "Black Magic" was simply a misunderstood science of the 11th dimension. The "demons" of old were entities living in the folds of space-time, and they didn't want souls—they wanted entropy.
He turned the billion-dollar particle accelerator into a massive, circular pentagram. Using liquid nitrogen to cool the conductors and chanting the "equations" he found in the glitch, he began the experiment.
The air grew cold. Not the cold of a refrigerator, but a cold that felt like it was freezing his very thoughts. In the center of the vacuum chamber, a shadow began to breathe.