Where [i]did[/i] this come from, then?

She can't help it. Which, can she just say, is, you know, the natural response? "Wow, the hell is this?" It doesn't make sense not to ask questions about it, just because it's not large-scale replicable! Do we even know that? Whose power is this? Is it even a whose? Is it just here, available if you're in the right mindset, using it for the right reasons? How did this happen? Is this the same power source other legendary heroes have tapped into, or something new? Is there a price down the line for this?

… Is this something I can share?

The sword feels warm in her hands. It--

Doesn't throb, her mind insists, because there are certain things in the world that are allowed to throb, and swords are only allowed to throb in the better class of erotica. Still, she can't help but feel that it's [i]alive[/i] somehow--like if she knew the place to look, she could put a finger on it and take its pulse.

Prolly on one of the blood channels? It seems like the best wrist-equivalent. Also she just [i]knows[/i] there's a word for that which isn't blood channel, if she could just remember--

It will wait. There is business to be done, sword business.

She clutches its reassuring weight and begins to move towards the Titan.

"I think you'll find I can take [i]every[/i] path, thank you very much. And I will help everyone I meet onto whatever path they will.

"I will wander as I was not allowed to wander, I will help as I was not helped. I will help free as many people as I can.

"You're allowed to get out of the way."