Dr. Avaline literally had nothing left to do but consume the remaining 'Aspects'.
That was what he named them. Fate. Truth. And Chaos. They were all sides of reality, aspects of the universe.
Truth Dust was the most benign aspect so he consumed it first. He only had the amount that the black hole had sucked inside the room.
It was a very substantial amount but for a scientist that thirsted for truth like Dr. Avaline. It wasn't enough.
Days in. Days out. Countless hours passed. Dr. Avaline spent his unlimited time to consume the truth.
He learned many things.
He learned that his theories for the other two aspects were correct. They did govern fate and chaos.
He was able to verify two things with this discovery. Truth Dust could be used to learn about itself and other aspects. It didn't have any limit. But the truth that he wished to learn must be an undeniable fact.
Dr. Avaline couldn't learn the truth about what was happening in the world or what was the right way to save himself. Those weren't undeniable facts.
Truth must be rules, laws, how things operated or what it actually was. A truth that was right in all universes and timelines.
The state of the world or the way to save himself weren't those things. They were only a version of the presence and future that fate governed.
So to ask those questions, Dr. Avaline needed to ask Fate.
Dr. Avaline learned more about reality than he had ever been in his entire life. It was a higher and deeper level of understanding that an ordinary human just simply can't comprehend.
He learned the base nature of the physical world.
Dr. Avaline opened his eyes after another session of truth. He had been diving into the rules of the physical world for the last few weeks. He knew how it could be created and how it was operated.
Everything. Materials. Energy. Living beings. Nature. Weather. Concepts. Literally everything was created because of the truth.
The Dust of Truth wasn't simply holding the answers to every question. It was everything. It was the deepest layer and the smallest unit that created reality.
And now. Dr. Avaline was able to control it. Even though it was a very limited amount.
Dr. Avaline looked around the empty white space and he waved his hand.
The empty white space changed. Things appeared out of nowhere. Floor came into existence. Walls solidified from nothingness. Materials were suddenly created.
The empty white space was now a vast ancient hall with a high-ceiling.
Dr. Avaline looked at the beautiful patterns on the floor and thought that some pieces of furniture should be great.
They came into existence too. A long red sofa. A clear glass table. Bookshelves. Paintings. Chairs. Chandeliers. And many more.
The hall looked much more lively than before.
A smile appeared on Dr. Avaline's face after a long time. He walked up to the stair and reached the first upper floor of this mansion.
He came into his room and put his hands onto the bedsheets.
Soft. Cool. And real.
It was still the dream world. But he had made everything so real, so exact to reality that he couldn't tell the difference between the two anymore.
Dr. Avaline fell onto the soft warm bed and covered himself in the blanket. A year of drifting in endless dreams. Weeks of floating in an empty space. The feeling and experience of getting through all of that were less than desirable.
Dr. Avaline allowed himself to enjoy the little things of the real world. A warm soft bed that he hadn't been in for a while.
That night. He slept well. He slept inside his dream.
It was a delicious sleep. His mind felt much better and he was able to process a lot of Truth that he had gathered.
So far, Dr. Avaline had learned everything about the Aspects and the base structure of the real world.
The base structure knowledge allowed him to reconstruct a life-like dream that couldn't be differentiated from the physical world.
As for the Aspects. He learned that Truth could help him create things and learn about things. Fate helped him see into the past, presence, and future. While Chaos could break the norm.
Chaos wasn't some evil force like people tend to think it was.
Chaos in Dr. Avaline's knowledge was the exception. It could ignore both Fate and Truth to achieve wonder.
In reality, Dr. Avaline was able to replicate the physical sensation in the dream world with the help of both Truth and Chaos.
The physical world and the dream world were two different things. The dream world could never have the traits of the physical world. But with Chaos, it could.
It also meant that Chaos could heal the physical body of Dr. Avaline and allowed him to escape death. Or more precisely, escaped his fate.
"Here comes the tricky thing. According to Truth, Aspects can only be birthed by creating the physical representation of them.
So for Chaos. I need death, disease, desperation, disruption, distrust. The negativity aspects in every living being. The more chaos there is, the more chaos there will be.
The current amount of Chaos I have isn't enough to heal me. It can wake me up but Fate already showed me the danger that is waiting for me in the physical world."
There were people in the real world that wanted Dr. Avaline to die. He was very powerful in the dream world because it took much less Aspects to affect the dream world.
In the physical world, the amount of Aspects he had would make him a D-rank comic superhero at best. That was if he wasn't injured.
In reality, there wasn't enough Chaos to even heal himself completely.
"My coma allowed me to lay low and gather more power. Now I need to hatch a plan to birth more Aspects. As much as possible."
Dr. Avaline reached in the black hole in his chest and took out a Fate strand. He was very careful of consuming Fate after the first time. He had promised himself to not touch any Fate or Chaos until he had learned more about them.
Truth already did that for him.
Fate could help him see into the future. With Fate, he could see if his plan was going to work and make any necessary adjustments.
"I have an idea on how to gather more Aspects in the dream world. But those are only theories. Truth isn't omniscient either, it can't verify my plan as it hasn't happened yet.
Help me see, Fate. What will happen to my plan? Will it work? Can I acquire Aspects from it?
Should I make the Game of Destiny?