"And what are these pure fetishes?"
Edda questioned playfully.
"I love t—mmhppgghhhh!!"
Before Shadow could continue any longer, Lane appeared by her side and grabbed her mouth, not allowing her to speak any longer.
She glared at Edda, Aisha, and Eisheth and,
"I know what you are trying to do."
She spoke up.
"Co on, it’s all fun and gas."
Edda answered.
"Share your own fetishes for that."
"Sure.
Which one would you like to hear first?
Or better, how about you participate in one? I assure you, it will be unlike anything you have ever experienced."
"S-Shut up!"
Lane silenced the woman before she released Shadow and,
"Don’t let them distract you, continue what you were telling. This is an important mont, we need to focus."
"Yes, I wish to know more about the River."
Felberta nodded as well.
As a being who specialized in creation, witnessing the creation of Ti itself felt like her very existence was being given a new aning.
The rest of the won were curious too, even Eisheth, Aisha, and Edda, so they turned silent, allowing Shadow to continue.
During their little interaction, more information filled her mind, information that gave her a slight glimpse into Nux’s mind.
"As I was saying,
Ti is a blank canvas. We—the living—are the ones that paint it, that give it a aning.
However, Nux had turned this blank canvas into sothing different, into sothing... special.
Sothing Superior."
"Sothing... Superior?"
lia muttered, awed.
"Superior to Ti?"
Felberta frowned.
How could sothing be... superior to a Primordial Energy? That too, a Primordial Energy that gave a Universe an identity.
That made no sense.
Shadow, however, nodded at her question and continued.
"The Ti in our Universe is much more special than the Ti you are familiar with.
It does not move like the ticking of a cold, unfeeling clock.
It breathes.
It listens to the heartbeat of the Universe.
It stretches and contracts with sorrow and joy,
It quickens with rage and slows with despair.
Our Ti is not bound to seconds or minutes—it is bound to emotions.
Our Ti will not be asured by how long sothing lasts—
It will be asured by how deeply it is felt.
A single kiss shared between two lovers can stretch for eternity.
A mont of heartbreak can feel heavier than a thousand years.
Ti will depend on one’s will. Ti they consider to be precious will slow down. Ti they consider to be a drag will move fast.
In our Universe, Ti will wait for its people.
The Ti of our Universe, just like Nux said, will be sentient—an entity that will sense all there is.
Our Ti will be ours alone.
It will be personal, subjective, and...
True.
No two beings of ours will experience Ti the sa way, not because our Universe is broken, but because our Universe is better."
Shadow explained, and just the thought of living in tis where the mont you want to last for eternity will last for an eternity felt like a dream co true.
Just imagining how kissing Nux and spending ti with him would continue on for thousands of years, and waiting for him for thousands of years would only feel like a few seconds, made them shiver in joy.
It was a dream world.
A world where things happened exactly how they wanted them to happen.
The won stared at the River of Ti with a newfound shine in their eyes.
Felberta, however, was confused.
"If every being perceives Ti differently, won’t everything fall into... chaos?"
Aeliana nodded at those words.
"Indeed, even in freedom, there needs to be a structure, or else society cannot function."
The rest of the won frowned. They had just started dwelling in their fantasies—to think they would be crushed before they could even lose themselves for a few seconds.
"It won’t."
Suddenly, the won heard a voice.
A voice that instantly attracted their attention. They turned around and saw Nux standing behind them with a smile on his face.
"Nux!"
Very quickly, they surrounded him. Even after centuries of spending ti with him, the won still couldn’t get enough of him—a feeling Nux wholeheartedly shared.
He then glanced at Felberta and Aeliana and answered their question.
"Yes, our Ti will be bound to one’s emotions and everyone will perceive it differently, but it doesn’t an they will be able to abuse it.
When it is said every being perceives ti differently, it doesn’t an that Ti will have no structure.
Understand it in this way:
Assu that the Universe has two coexisting layers of Ti: a Universal Ti, a ti shared by all the worlds and the beings living in them,
And a Personal Ti, ti perceived by individuals.
Personal Ti can be altered; however, no change in personal ti will affect the Universal Ti.
Say, if a couple expands their personal ti and changes 12 hours of their Personal Ti into 12 days, the rest of the Universe and the Universal Ti will only perceive it as 12 hours.
Also, events that happen when the Personal Ti is expanded cannot defy the limitations of Universal Ti.
If a Cultivator needs to gather 100 years of energy to break through, he needs to spend 100 years of Universal Ti. Expanding a day of his Personal Ti into 100 years will not work.
Of course, there are a few other restrictions as well, but in conclusion, even when Ti in our Universe will be subjective, structure and order will still exist in a most unstructured way."
"That sounds... overly complicated."
Felberta muttered with a lost look on her face, to which Nux just laughed out loud.
"Well, I did spend countless years comprehending and coming up with it."
The won laughed as well.
"Anyways, should we continue?
I still need to create Anchors and Compasses around Umbrasol to stabilize Ti."
"Is it still not done yet?"
Felberta questioned with a frown as she stared at the River flowing in the Universe. From her perspective, it seed to be completed already.
"It is still unstable, very unstable."
Shadow shook her head and Nux, who heard those words, chuckled and then nodded.
"Indeed. It still needs work."
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