Julian reached out, his fingers brushing against the warm, smooth wood. He felt an immense, ancient power radiating from it, a raw, primordial energy unlike anything he had encountered before. It felt alive, pulsing with the very essence of creation. He grasped it, his Seal of the Guardian blazing with a brilliant, blinding blue-green-gold light, the colours swirling and merging in a vortex of power.
The Aetherium Seed.
He felt an immediate, overwhelming surge of energy, but this time, it was different. Not chaotic, not informational, but primal. It connected deeply with his Core, his Eye, and then, profoundly, with something even deeper within himself, something ancient and dormant that now stirred to life. He felt the vast potential within the Seed, the ability to weave and unweave rea
