His voice was loud as he said stubbornly, "I regret nothing, and I would have done the same thing all over again if I were to start from the beginning. I would have done it over and over and over again if I had to."
"Everything and anything can be given up in the pursuit of power. Without freedom, life is not worth living. That is my creed."
As he spoke, his anger seemed to solidify his ephemeral body. His body went from being transparent to being translucent. Then it became solid flesh and blood.
During this process, the opposite was happening to the world around him. While his body was solidifying, the world was becoming translucent and faint.
By the time his body became solid flesh, the world had become completely transparent. Then the world shattered around him.
