Codes of Existence.
Living, breathing weavings of Existence- that was how he saw Runes. And if he engraved his Runes of Existence onto the True Source of another...
He could rewrite their living code.
He could alter their living record.
Or, in the case of the Dead Things, their Dead Records.
When the Dead Things had thousands of Runes engraved across their bodies, they realized- too late- that the output of their True Sources was gradually being cut off. Their bodies could no longer express it freely.
Which gave the tendrils of Ruination more freedom to unravel their existence, as even more golden Runes latched onto their Dead True Sources.
When a million Runes were branded into their forms, more than half of their True Source output was severed.
"OOOH!"
They roared in maddened defiance, while opposite them, the figure of the Origin Singed watched Noah, his expression carved from stone.
