As Noah was thinking all of this, The Infiniverse approached with a solemn expression etched across her features.
"Slightly less excruciating?" she asked quietly. "Bearable?"
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Noah looked at her and felt a sense of warmth pierce through the constant burning. He knew what she had done. He knew how she had exposed herself to his pain through their connection, how she should know exactly what he now felt every moment of his existence.
So he simply nodded as he said with calm certainty, "Less excruciating."
The Infiniverse nodded in acknowledgment as she calmly said, "Okay. There is lots of work to be done."
Noah looked at her and nodded before he spoke with deliberate care. "Take it easy on the countless lifeforms out there. THE Living Elemental is responsible for this. The weak Living Elementals and Fold Dwellers across the Folds are not. Let's make sure our rage does not spill onto them unnecessarily."
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