Too many things had been happening to Elias in a time period that was just too short, and so he was still destabilized by everything, and he had made mistakes, and was still generally a bit confused, but there was one thing that could wipe away all the distractions, and that was the fear of death, or for him, perhaps it was the allure of death.
His body was in free fall, and his mind, which was filled with countless queries, sharpened and threw everything to the side. He was falling from a great height, and perhaps this fall would not kill him, but he would be grieviously injured, and his crash would draw attention to him, and he did not want those cannibals below to find a virtually inexhaustible source of flesh, even though he knew that this might literally be the best option for him when his Ascendant Swarm was placed into the picture.
