"Yes," Cyclonus says, then waits as Miller makes his call. He's so tired. He was never so tired so quickly the first time he was claimed by the Dead Universe. But then he had been a part of it for six million years that time. Perhaps it was just a matter of soaking up more of that malevolent energy.

"The Dead Universe despises life," he explains once the call is finished. "So it either consumes or converts it."