Consider the abrupt change in air pressure, the temperature shift, the gravitational pull… it might instigate earthquakes, tsunamis and unreimaginable natural catastrophes. It would take a huge amount of energy, and the potential for unintended effects… it's just too much.
It's like attempting to hold back a river using your own hands. You can divert a little brook, but attempting to hold back the entire current would only bring about chaos."
He glanced at Dhruv, his face concerned.
"You see, that's why it is absolutely important that you realize the limitations of your power, Dhruv," Dr. Rudra said. "You need to learn to master it, to wield it responsibly.".
Limit your time manipulation to small spaces. Anything bigger… it's just too risky. Not only for you, but for all others."
Dhruv furrowed his brow, a good point occurring to him. "But Dr. Rudra," he said, "if controlling larger spaces is so risky, then why do I need to. stop the entire universe when I utilize my ability?
If it's so dangerous for a nation, wouldn't it be even more dangerous for the whole universe? Would that lead to some sort of.cosmic disaster?"
Dr. Rudra smiled faintly, appreciating the reasoning behind Dhruv's question. "You're correct to challenge that, Dhruv," he replied. "It does look like a paradox, doesn't it? The difference is, however, in the scale of the manipulation.".
When you're working with time on a small scale, you're in direct interference with the flow of energy within that particular region. You're generating a localized distortion, a ripple in the fabric of reality. And those ripples, if they're large enough, can have disastrous effects.
He hesitated, seeking the proper terminology to describe the apparently opposite idea. "Consider it as follows," he went on. "Suppose you are holding a magnifying glass. If you concentrate the sun's light through the magnifying glass on a little leaf, you can scorch a hole in it. That's how you control time on a massive scale as in India or Rajasthan. You're focusing the power, a concentrated effect in a small area.".
But if you attempt to utilize the same magnifying glass to set… the whole forest… ablaze, it won't succeed. The energy is too spread out. It's not concentrated enough to make much of an effect on that large an area."
"When you warp time on a cosmic level," he described, "you're not focusing energy in one spot. You're hitting the… a cosmic 'pause' button. You're doing it to everything at once, so there's no localized disturbance, no ripple effect.It's like pausing a video.".
Everything is frozen, but no instant transformation of energy, no imbalance that would unleash a disaster. The energy is there, it's just. on hold, waiting to be unleashed. It's a fragile equilibrium, Dhruv, and knowing it is the key to mastering your power."
[*Narrator : I disregard Multiverse theory and think of only our universe in entire space, that's how it works.*]
Dhruv listened attentively, Dr. Rudra's description finally clicking. The magnifying glass and the pause button analogy explained the apparently contradictory quality of his time manipulation.
He now realized why localized manipulations were riskier than the universal pause.
It was not a matter of area size, but of interference nature.
He wasn't inducing a localized disturbance that would set off a reaction chain; he was temporarily halting the very flow of life, a cosmic pause that hit everything with equal force, thereby reducing the possibility of disastrous repercussions.
A feeling of comprehension swept over him, a sense of empowerment combined with a healthy dose of awe. He now comprehended the fine line of his powers, the tremendous potential in him and the vital necessity of containing it.
He turned to Anika, a new confidence gleaming in his eyes. He knew. He really knew.
He understood the burden that this power carried, the fine line he had to tread. He was no longer a boy with peculiar powers; he was a vessel of COSMIC ENERGY, a time guardian. And he understood, with an icy conviction, that he would have to learn to control this power to kill Dashanan, to save the world, and to honor his family.
With his understanding of his abilities now enhanced, Dhruv immersed himself in intense training. He challenged himself to his limits, refining his mastery over every ability, with Anika's wise insights and Dr. Rudra's scientific advice.
He practiced Divya Drishti, learning to sift through the chatter of surface emotions and read the real motives of others.
He laboriously worked on Vaani Siddhi, toughening his will, learning to affect even the most obstinate minds. He worked on Atma Shakti, developing inner pockets of strength, directing his anger and sorrow into a fierce determination. And most crucially, he worked on the subtle science of controlling time, limiting it to local zones, honing control, focus, and reducing the energy leak.
As Dhruv practiced, Dr. Rudra returned to work. The secret of Dhruv's abilities was no longer merely a scientific interest; it was a personal mission.
He spent countless hours poring over his research, examining the distinctive energy pattern in Dhruv's cells, the tiny inconsistencies in his DNA.
He explored old books, looking for any reference to such occurrences, any hint of how Dhruv's body had been transformed into such a potent vessel of energy. He was obsessed by one question: how?
How was a human body, a container of flesh and bone, able to hold and direct such a huge, seemingly godly energy? How had the electrons in Dhruv's body gotten so charged up, vibrating with such intensity? Was it really a godgift, a miracle that science could not understand? Or was there some scientific reason, some unknown mechanism that science needed to learn about?
He knew the answer existed, somewhere hidden in the complex ballet of energy and matter, and he set out to discover it.