A screeching Inevitability blazed in the skies.
Noah stood with his hands behind his back, eyes cold.
His mind had long since dissected the tale.
The Creature… had offered everything.
First, in the name of empathy. Then, in desperation.
Heart.
Lungs.
Almost its Beginning.
All to try and change the nature of something that could not be changed.
An Inevitability.
And when there was nothing left to give, it had offered its all to the Living Paradox to be saved.
Noah's gaze didn't waver as he stared at the Imitation Mutated Inevitability screeching high above, its mass growing, wings multiplying.
"To survive against inevitability," he murmured, "the Creature had to give itself to Living Paradox. To give everything."
That was the lesson.
A rule, carved in agony.
The creature had tried to break that law… and lost everything in return.
Just as the last echo of the Inevitability's shriek faded, a green-gold flash swept across the treetop.
Master Shen descended.
