The moment Sylas felt that wave of clarity, he was already pressing his Will down onto the multi-brains. All at once, he formed an entanglement between them and his own mind, oscillating between them quickly.
He absorbed one understanding of Willborne Intelligence after another.
No, more accurately, he was observing different methods of reaching Willborne Intelligence, each one different from the last. At the same time, the more methods of comprehending Willborne Intelligence he went through, the more defined the separation between it and Wisdom became to him.
Willborne Intelligence was far more complex than Willborne Charisma. The root of Charisma was the self, but the root of Intelligence was Aether, and Aether was the energy of the universe and was fundamentally formed of an external Will, not an internal one.
So if Aether wasn't yours to begin with, how could it be borne from your Will? How could you take responsibility for energy that you commandeered but hadn't birthed?
