THE Watcher observed as he always did, his singular awareness stretched across Observable Existence with perception that had crystallized during the age of nothingness.
He watched Lamashtu stand amidst the ruins of battle, blue light flickering in the corners of obsidian eyes that burned with authority reclaimed. THE Second Scale. THE Proterozoic Scale!
The Invader had returned to heights that made Absolutes seem like insects.
Minutes passed after the breakthrough.
Then Lamashtu waved his hands.
The bodies of the Absolutes who had survived the battle against the Gamaidjan-infected creature became rigid instantly. Their expressions transformed from exhausted relief to horror as obsidian light from their Master bathed over them with force that brooked no resistance. Their eyes glazed over, consciousness stripped away by authority they had sworn themselves to serve.
They no longer had will of their own.
