Nothing followed me.
No enemies.
No observers.
No narratives trying to continue.
For the first time
The universe did not expect anything from me.
I stopped.
Not to rest.
But because there was nowhere left to go.
I understood it then.
Power was never the end.
Boundlessness was never the goal.
Transcendence was never enough.
What remained was choice.
I could continue shaping everything.
Or
I could let things exist without me interfering.
stepped back.
Not from existence.
From centrality.
I did not erase myself.
I did not weaken myself.
I simply chose not to be the answer to every problem.
The worlds stabilized on their own.
Stories resumed quietly naturally.
Nyx felt it first.
He's still here but he's not pressing down on reality anymore.
Selene smiled softly.
That means we can grow.
Vorin nodded.
And fail.
I allowed it.
I walked into the still point
Where nothing demanded my power.
And for the first time since I surpassed everything
I was not the strongest thing that existed.
I was simply Kael Veyris.