The reaction was instantaneous, violent, and absolute. The vial slipped from Jack’s fingers, shattering on the metal grating. He fell to his knees, his back arching as a scream tore itself from his throat. It wasn't a scream of pain; it was the roar of a caged titan finally breaking its chains. Golden light erupted from his eyes, his mouth, the pores of his skin. The dim, jaundiced lighting of the Aethelgard was utterly overwhelmed by the blinding, solar brilliance radiating from Jack’s core. "Jack!" Katherine rushed forward, but a shockwave of pure kinetic energy blasted her back into Marcus's waiting arms. "Don't touch him!" Charon yelled over the roaring sound of power. "He is reforming! The Origin is merging with the void!" Inside Jack’s mind, a war was raging. The pure, ancient Origin Blood was crashing into the stolen entropy of the Architect, the dark hunger of the Maw, and the absolute bureaucratic weight of the Supernatural Ledger. For a terrifying
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