Equivalent Exchange

"Every planet where sentient life thrived heard the order to bring forth seven young representatives, with their age no more than two soul cycles. In our own yearly cycle, that translates to twenty years," Frederick explained. "They were all warped off to what our victors eventually described as an extremely massive, artificially-made planet, formed by origin and universal will. Every world sent their strongest young champions to battle for the fate of their home in a trial that spanned nearly a year. And like you might have guessed, our champions won. Crushingly. They had no competition throughout the trials and rounded up what should have taken at least two years, in less than one."

Zephyr's eyebrow tilted at that. "No one could even put up a fight?"