Abruptly introduced itself at the midnight sanctum in an immobilizing face to face -
The dark substratum that is everyone's birthright, infinitely intricate ominous and exacting - Taunting, "Think you can redirect me with your petty conscious resolve? I am in your dreams and habits, your very brain stem, every cell of your body. Do you understand the power I possess? Do you actually believe, for a heartbeat, that you can keep a small self-conceived candle aflame?"