Sarah tried to shut down the reactors, but Aris was no longer entirely human. His skin had become a map of glowing, geometric scars. He was trying to calculate the "Ultimate Spell"—a sequence that would allow him to rewrite the universe's constants.
"Aris, stop!" Sarah screamed. "You're not discovering a new science! You're just feeding our world to a predator from the dark!"
Aris looked at her, and for a moment, the physicist returned. He saw the numbers. He saw that the entity wasn't a god; it was a cosmic parasite using him as a bridge.
He had one second to decide. Use the black magic to save himself, or use his science to destroy the bridge.