[quote=CreedTheChimera]
'Damn it.' Mephiles thinks. 'This body is weak. As is my soul. I'm nowhere near what I used to be. I guess my boasting about being stronger than Darkness or Light was a bluff after all. I still need time to build up my strength.' Mephiles teleports away, despite near death, and searches for a place where the darkness won't overwhelm him.
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He's in a system the Darkness hasn't reached yet. Despite it's power, the mind of Darkness takes time to move, even though it's massively faster than light. However, everything is slowly turnign black, and it's not because of the Darkness...... 9 seconds to brain death.