The eighth entity's Law finally clicked into place as he got closer. It was a Law of becoming. This principle explained that nothing is ever truly fixed; everything, from individual things to structures to guiding rules, is constantly changing into something it hasn't fully been yet. To truly understand something, you have to look at what it's turning into, not just what it is right now.
He stopped just within reach and pulled up the image from his identification function. A Law of becoming, operating at a level beyond what was currently established, was directly relevant to his own situation. He was at the established depth and heading towards the next level up. Based on the Law of becoming's own core idea, he was in the process of becoming something he hadn't fully been before. The entity he was facing would see him through that same perspective.
