At this moment.
Rose held Achilles's head as their foreheads touched, eyes closed in a tender moment that required no words between them.
It was only the two of them remaining now, THE Watcher having set off to find other Singular Cognizances and discover what his nature truly meant in a reality where he was no longer unique.
The noise of THE Convergence of Ten Thousand Wants continued outside their private space in THE Feast of Ascending Appetites, billions of lifeforms pursuing their own purposes while these two shared a brief intimacy before their paths diverged.
A moment later, Achilles flooded his Civilizational Authority into The Gilded Ticket.
The golden Möbius strip responded to his power with resonance that pulled at his existence. Light wrapped around his form with warmth that felt almost welcoming, authority that exceeded his own reaching out to transport him toward whatever destination the Ticket had been designed to access.
He disappeared right after.
