The only thing that saved him here was due to the experience he had gained from fighting opponents that were vastly more powerful than him over the course of eons, from a mortal to a higher-dimensional immortal.
Eos allowed himself to fade back into the painting, and he could do this very quickly just because the road he had just walked, which was the fusion of first and second dimensions, was the only path that allowed any being inside Existence to step outside the painting long enough to understand the true face of Existence.
Eos staggered backward along the road. The moment he retreated, the Tenth Dimension folded away like a book snapping shut.
