What Comes After Eating.

He said after thinking about it. "Let's do it. I need all the strength I can get right now."

If he were a single entity whose entire life depended on this decision, then he would decide against allowing his divine ability to do what it wants. But he is not alone. His death will not be the end of Legion. He can take risks that he would be too cautious to otherwise. 

He lay on the ground and stopped impeding the heat in his abdomen. The heat spread throughout his body wantonly. It filled every inch of his body to bursting. His body became full of so much energy and vitality. It is the energy and vitality that he got from his recent meal. Then his divine ability got to work on modifying his body by using that energy and vitality.

"Hmpf." He groaned as the first tear appeared on his small body. "This is going to be painful."