Chapter 1808: Be My Herald
The Incarnation of Rowan looked at Eosah with discerning eyes. Even now, he could not see much, and although he could forcibly push his perception deeper into her essence, Rowan chose not to take this step because it might only lead to outcomes he was not yet prepared for.
“You know why I am here,” Rowan said, “You left the hints when you told me about your Singularity and reminded me I have come across it before.”
“Yes, I did, and I saw you figure out the answers even before you stole it from the mind of Nyxara. Although I am surprised you did not come to me much earlier, and you have never asked me one pressing question.”
Rowan squinted, “What question is that?”
Eosah gestured, and an image of the World Stele appeared before both of them, with the growing form of Thenos squatting upon it,
“You have seen Thenos and his Singularity, and you know what this Chimaera is capable of. Why have you never wondered why he is not like us?”
Rowan peered at the image of Thenos, and the eyes of Thenos blinked. This was not an image; Thenos had been in a still position without moving, and Eosah was showing him a current slice of Reality. Rowan idly wondered if her reach had grown to encompass all of space since the death of Primordial Chaos, but he did not allow his speculations to color his replies,
“Thenos is special; he is a Breaker, but before I met you, I had no idea Singularity was paired with Realities, and I had no idea I was a Reality at my core. Since that moment, I have been extremely… occupied. Certain thoughts have not had the time to be processed in my consciousness.”
Eosah nodded, her form flickering like a phantom, “Singularities are paired with Realities, true, but this is not always the case. At the beginning, it was considered impossible for a Singularity to pair with lesser life forms, but the Primordials happened… They killed so many of our kind that their Singularities, those that were not destroyed, began to roam across Limbo.”
Rowan frowned, “Wait, should that not be impossible? Singularities do not survive if their partner were to be destroyed.”
“Yes, but have you forgotten your case? You might be special, Rowan, but you are not unique. There are fringe cases where, with the destruction of Reality, a small fragment of them remains. This fragment is so small that it cannot make a Reality anymore, and so what results from the eventual resurrection of that fragment is a Breaker.”
Rowan slowly nodded, but he knew that Eosah was also wrong about him. His Singularity, the Primordial Record, was more special than any normal Singularity, because the Primordial Record had multiple owners in the past, and only with Rowan did it achieve complete fusion.
However, at this moment Rowan was struck by a terrifying thought, and only his present frame of mind gave him the capacity not to show his shock.
Eosah believed that his Singularity was paired with Rowan because he was a Reality, and she found him special because, although he was killed, he was able to resurrect to his previous self and even became stronger than he could have ever been.
But Rowan knew the truth: the Primordial Record was not born with him; in fact, it preceded all known history. Was it possible that he still had a separate Singularity inside of him that was not yet activated, or the Primordial Record pushed away or consumed this lesser Singularity inside of the growing Eos, and took his place, or perhaps something much more strange happened?
Rowan could never forget what happened to him during his fusion and ascendancy to his present state. The words of Enoch still rang out clearly, telling him the destiny of the one who fuses with the Primordial Record.
Still, it was not as if he was not aware that the Primordial Record was dangerous, but Rowan had chosen it despite whatever flaws it might have, known and unknown. There was no more time to change his path ahead, but this revelation nonetheless was concerning.

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