"What happened?" Gravis asked.

"I think I know what happened," Orthar said with a thoughtful expression.

"Enlighten me," the Opposer said evenly.

"You were abandoned," Orthar said.

The Opposer remained silent.

"Death wanted a will, but as a Manifestation of Death, you didn't have a will. Therefore, you couldn't possibly become Death's will," Orthar added.

Gravis' and Mortis' eyes widened in understanding.

Right!

How could someone without a will become the will of something else?

"Correct," the Opposer said evenly. "After trying to make me its will, Death simply receded."

"We were incompatible."

"After realizing that we were incompatible, it simply assimilated me into itself. I would lose my structure and become more Death. Like a drop of fresh water that had been thrown into an ocean, I would dissolve until I was part of the ocean."

"But, then how are you alive?" Gravis asked.

The Opposer's expression became complex.

"Energy interfered," the Opposer said.

Orthar's eyes widened with intensity as he heard that.

He knew what that meant!

"It noticed me, and for whatever reason, it decided to fill me with Energy. My old mind from before I have entered the Gate of Death had fused with the memories I had gained while being the Manifestation of Death."

"Emotions returned to my being. Dreams returned. My will returned. A new personality was formed."

"I was essentially born again."

as I regained my will, Death returned. It wanted me to make its will again. That action wasn't born of a decision but of instinct. Like an insect

will, dreams, and a goal again,

willing to pay

you telling me

Mortis' eyes

noticed what had happened and decided to revive me. I'm not sure if it was out of pity or a different reason,

moved around as he

entire administration of the Cosmos

tribulations took place,

seen countless Cosmoses made of Energy, but only an incredible rarity had anything related with Death in them. Even more, I have never seen a Cosmos that had over 5% Death to Energy

form life without someone directing it. Someone has to manually create the life

about the first Cosmos made of Energy? What about the very first

know as much about Death as you, but I know that the inherent destructiveness of Death doesn't allow it to create life on its own. Energy is different in that regard. If you push enough Energy together,

the first lifeform has become the will of Energy since it had been the only will in

said. "However, I won't talk more

Orthar's eyes,

He didn't answer.

the Opposer said as he looked at Gravis and Mortis again. "After I gained an actual personality and will, all the Emotions I should have felt while being the Manifestation of

previous goal from before I had become the Manifestation of Death hadn't changed. I wanted

but it was impossible. If

I created my Cosmos with 50% Energy

delicate balancing act, but my Cosmos gives me incredible

he said as he

Mortis looked at

and he unleashed all his powers. I thought that I had been lucky since the mistake

short amount of time had passed, but he

life, so I did the only

part of my

basically ended in both of our Cosmoses

how we got here. We are at an arms race,

father, and he

Gravis had one

I want to ask you

looked at Gravis. "What is it?" he

create my mother?"

Silence.

Opposer also didn't know the answer,

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