Witness his glory (3)

The power of his Will of Time began to bubble out of Rowan's consciousness as his eyes glowed brighter, and when it seemed as if the process had reached the cusp of activation, the power that sealed him in place blocked any expression of his Will outside his body, and a sort of amused sensation from the World Stele touched his consciousness,

"You have watched me like the serpent that you are, but I have watched you like a hunter. I have been waiting for you to make this move. Tell me, Rowan, for someone as wise as you, why do you think I have let you live for so long, knowing how dangerous you are to everything that lives and breathes? Everything you have touched you have brought to ruin, and yet I still brought you into my bosom."

Rowan's eyes flashed repeatedly as if he was trying to break through the barriers holding back his Will and then he chuckled darkly, there was no mirth in that laughter, only a sort of acceptance and intense stubbornness,