[Few moments prior to the Lightning Strike.]
Hundreds of paths exist in the life of a single mortal creature, and millions, if not uncountable numbers of paths exist for those whose destiny and universal fortune was brighter and more vibrant than others.
For Ash though, the number of paths and possibilities he saw about himself were just too unique, because based on his thoughts alone, he saw thousands of paths vanishing, and with even a slight change in his thinking, hundreds of new paths forming instantly.
Just based on his choices, the river of time was creating who knows how many paths that he might follow or not, constantly shifting without pause.
Among all those paths and possibilities, there was one path that attracted him the most a possibility where his Cosmic Heart, that had never beaten even a single time after his body reformation, would beat with such splendor that just thinking about it made Ash's eyes shine slightly.
