"He has built a kingdom of glass around a single pillar."
"He built it deliberately," Zane said, marveling at the sheer audacity of the man.
"All power structures are built around a single axis until they are old enough to survive without it," Celestina replied, her tone almost philosophical in its ruthlessness. "He has not had the time to build redundancy."
"What exists in the underlayer right now is an extraordinary, godlike capability trapped in a fragile, brittle container."
"And the Apostle network is going to strike that container directly," Zane said, the implication chilling his blood.
"Exactly," Celestina said, and for a moment, Zane could almost hear the predatory smile in her voice. "The Apostle network will strike the container."
"They will find the geological designation, the Blood Oath, the elemental mastery, and the physical godhood you described."
