His voice dropped to something approaching solemnity.
"It is impossible. The door simply does not open for those who lack the key, and the key is not found among the Four Aspects no matter how thoroughly one masters them. Chaos may grant tremendous power within its domain. Paradox may permit contradictions that reshape local reality. Existence may build Civilizations spanning Primordial Realms. The First Tongue may rewrite the very language through which reality expresses itself."
He shook his head slowly, crystallized features shifting with the motion.
"But none of these authorities, magnificent as they may be, can carry a being past THE Second Scale. For that journey, one requires something deeper. Something that predates the Aspects themselves. Something that was present during THE First Cause and remains present still, flowing beneath the surface of what beings perceive as power."
