Since the dawn of time, there have been many opposites whose connection went far beyond simple attraction.
From light and darkness to nonexistence and existence, these contrasts marked a boundary that most could never truly comprehend.
Ash himself hadn't understood it until recently, when he witnessed Minx's life and saw how existence and nonexistence were divided by the First Absence.
It was then he realized that the greatest and most important power wasn't about mastering both ends of the same coin, but about finding the narrow space in between.
The Liminal Threshold.
This was where he intended to lead Emma—into that fragile, mysterious point that lay between creation and destruction.
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After speaking, Ash sat down cross-legged in the air, his reddish-purple eyes calm and focused as he watched Emma take her first step forward into the newborn world.
