Rowan was not expecting any answer from the Singularity, it had tortured him for what could be considered billions of years in silence. However, the Primordial Record answered him.
"I GAVE YOU MY EYES, YET YOU STILL SEE SO LITTLE."
"Trust me," Rowan gasped, "I have seen enough of me dying to last me a trillion lifetimes. I cannot see a victory here but madness. This merger between us would never work, what can I do to make you realize that."
"ROWAN, I'M CURIOUS," the Primordial Record said, and he tried not to gape in surprise as the Singularity had just referred to him by his name for the first time, "WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER TO BE A VICTORY FOR YOU?"
"Clearly nothing you have been showing me," Rowan replied, his mind still going over the fact that the Primordial Record called him by name, and wondering why that had struck him as incredibly important.
