The Silence moved.
Not with speed.
Not with force.
But with erasure.
Its form stretched toward Aiden, warping everything around it.
Where it passed, light vanished.
Where it touched, existence unraveled.
Aiden twisted his body, dodging at the last moment—
—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!
The space where he had stood was gone.
Not destroyed.
Not broken.
Simply no longer there.
Aiden exhaled.
So this is the real test.
It's not about strength.
Not about creation or destruction.
It's about whether or not I can exist… in a place that refuses to recognize me.
The Silence expanded, trying to consume him completely.
Aiden's golden aura flickered.
His energy, his presence, his very concept of self—
It was being unwritten.
For the first time in a long time—his body struggled to remain in place.
And then, for the first time—
Aiden felt true Nothingness.
A cold, hollow abyss, one that did not hate or attack—
One that simply did not care if he existed or not.
