The Second Supreme Monarch stared at the Threads Of Fate, wondering what they were. But his instincts, cultivated over thousands of years, told him that whatever this was, it wasn't a good thing. First of all, he could see himself through each Thread Of Fate as though he were looking at various versions of himself, as though he were witnessing branching realities, realities that would come into existence depending on the choices he made throughout his life. Second, Anthony had just told him that there were some fates that were worse than death.
His face immediately twisted into a frown.
"As I'm sure you already know," Anthony began to speak, "I was the one who wiped out your entire line of descendants while you were away on a mission," he stated.
As Anthony spoke, the memories came rushing back to the Second Supreme Monarch as he remembered heading to his descendants' planet and finding not a single soul alive.
