Summary:

Do you understand? the very fabric of existence asks, and Cal, clinging to the line between life and death, thinks no—

For a brief moment, an infinite moment, a moment everywhere in between, he encompasses the universe, and the universe encompasses him. Around, around, around he goes, and there is a terrible emptiness in the space where he and the cosmos exist.

(cal kestis’ foolproof guide to cartwheeling through the timeline and beating sensibility into a sentient universe)