Broken by One, Desired by All
"Right now, you are a mortal wielding two distinct keys. You turn one, you get dragon fire. You turn the other, you get wolf speed and lightning. But you are still the doorway standing in the middle, taking the friction of both. A soul-fusion removes the doorway. It melts the iron, the hide, and the flame into a single element."
"A complete fusion," Fenrir added, his deep voice shaking the liquid starlight beneath the floorboards, "is completely irreversible, Zane. You will no longer be a man who borrows from us. You will no longer have the quiet retreat of a human mind when the battle is done. You will be the Sovereign itself... every second of every day, carrying the weight of two ancient