Chapter 137: The Compelled Brother
"You can’t replace us," baby Truth said to the bigger children. "We’re the original timeline."
"Are you?" one of the bigger children asked. "Or are you just copies who think you’re real?" "We’re real," baby Love said strongly.
"We can feel. We can think. We can choose." "So can we," another older kid said. "But we’ve been living longer. That makes us more real."
"That’s not how reality works," baby Wisdom argued.
"Isn’t it?" the oldest kid asked. "In every story, the original is more valuable than the copy."
"But which one is the original?" Elara asked softly. "The one that survives," the oldest child said coldly. "This is insane," Kael said.
"You’re all her children. You shouldn’t be fighting each other." "We’re not fighting," the older child said. "We’re fighting. Only one reality can remain when the Convergence ends."
"Then we’ll make room for everyone," Ronan said. "We’ll find a way." "There is no way," the oldest kid said. "The multiverse can only support one version of each person."
"That’s not true," Darian said. "We’ve seen multiple versions of people before."
"During the Convergence," the oldest kid said. "But when it ends, all duplicates will be erased." "Who says?" Evelyn asked.
"The rules of existence," the oldest child answered. "The same rules that say reality can’t have two Creator’s wives or two Devourers."
"But we evolved," the transformed Devourer said. "We changed the rules."