"Then what came after wasn't worth the sacrifice," Atlas replied, his voice hardening as golden energy crackled around his fists. "You've perverted everything the light stands for."
"The light, the void—they're just different wavelengths of the same cosmic radiation." Marius's form flickered, shifting between states as he spoke. "Your limited perspective blinds you to the greater purpose."
Sarah completed her connection to the ley lines beneath them, feeling the raw power surging through the earth's crust. She sent a pulse of energy through her bond with Atlas: *Now!*
"Limited?" Atlas laughed bitterly. "You're the one trapped between states, Father. Neither here nor there. A quantum ghost."
Marius's expression darkened. The shadow tendrils around him lashed violently, cracking the conc
