The S'rrigin stared at Rui; the sensors and surveillance instruments of his fleet all pointed towards Rui. The other aquadite Administrator was on guard, staring at Rui with his information dimension senses. The dessandrites also paid heightened attention to Rui in this state.
Everybody was waiting to see what would happen when Rui deactivated his Martialverse.
Rui simply smiled.
He didn't deactivate his Martialverse at all.
Instead, he muted it to the greatest possible extent, reducing the rate of consumption of metaphysical stamina to a drip-feed rate. He infringed on reality to the barest minimum with his Martialverse, allowing it to last longer.
Of course, this was a very temporal solution, a flawed solution. It would not be possible to sustain this for long. And he would not be able to act as an Administrator during that period, for it would accelerate his disappearance.
But he acted like he was completely fine, simply smiling at the other parties.
