exploring the vacuum. nebula 4 end.

Apexion stared at the creature calmly. He could guess what the creature was thinking. He gently tapped the creature's head once more as he spoke in a deep tone,

"Come! Gaze upon my glory!"

After which the creature felt its vision shift and it bore witness to a scene that caused its mind to buzz.

It appeared in a place that it could not describe; there was only darkness, except for what seemed to be a trail jet-black shining paw prints, and a creature standing on the forefront of those paw prints.

It was the same creature that had defeated it, except the version before him was endlessly grander, its body was bigger than anything it had ever gazed upon, many times larger than its true body, and the creature also radiated an indescribable aura that made it instinctively want to submit.