The multiverse unraveled in slow motion, beautiful and terrible as dying stars. Through my depleted cosmic senses, I watched dimensional barriers dissolve like sugar in rain. Entire realities flickered, their existence suddenly uncertain.

"The memory-flower was holding everything together," the golden entity said, horror clear despite its vastness. "When the Chorus used its power to save you, they removed the keystone that kept reality stable."

"How long before complete collapse?" Prince ...