The remaining void-touched wolves had to complete Luna's merge.
Forty thousand consciousnesses linking together was the only way to exist in seven dimensions and avoid the Devourer's erasure.
Luna, Entropy's Rider, anchored the network from its center and managed that many minds.
Aria and Ethan stabilized connections while Konstantin's ancient wolves provided ritual.
"This is different from before," Luna said during the merge. "Just connected last time.
We're one being in multiple realities this time. We become something new in the multiverse if this works."
Silver light cascaded across seven dimensions as the merge ended.
Forty thousand wolves became aware of reality from seven perspectives at once, unified by Luna's anchor across the multiverse.
"I can see myself in seven places,
