The Flame was prone to wicked delusions, and everything Kieran said was perverted in its strange, defiled mind.
"Significance? Why would you be interested in that when you can't wield it?"
Wielding Significance was the ability of the Masters, and though he possessed the falsely Ascended Body of a Master… Kieran wasn't one. That avenue of thought led the Flame to a sinister assumption without the help of Kieran's reply.
Beside his face, the Flame's vague manifestation thrummed with overflowing glee and devilish excitement. That corrupt delight permeated its voice, too.
"Is the Breaking about to happen?"
The Breaking — as the Flame called it — was the shattering of the Anchor, and its desire for that occurrence grew with every bit stronger Kieran became. The mightier he grew, the less of an insurmountable obstacle the titanic Anchor would seem.
