In that gesture impossibly intimate, the horror of the world became understandable. Or maybe, no, none at all. Time expanded to infinity as Allistair felt the ground turn, the sky undulate, the bodies move as if dancing to some macabre ballet. There would be no opening of the book. No sound, no knowledge, only the existence of the weight of the book and the existence of their entwined bodies. The battle swelled again. The man with the book passed through this maelstrom, killing, unraveling, building, tearing down. Lucifer moved through it, uninvolved, sword singing, presence constant, leading, holding, loving him. He tried to shout out, to intercede, to make waves in the impossibility of it all, but he was mired in observation, beyond all power to change but utterly engaged with every sensation, every heartbeat, every drop of blood. Time lost all meaning. Hours turned into years. Moments turned into eternities. Suffering and love entwined. The battlefield was a theater, while the
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