Motif · Book 2, Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
A massively overloaded soul crystal shut inside a Sheol Glass Reaper Case: an explosion 'large enough to rattle the teeth of a god,' status Explosion Imminent, un-stabilisable, and in Carl's inventory, where it will detonate the moment it leaves. The book's title, and the most dangerous thing he owns.
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Made in ch. 25 by closing a Sheol Glass Reaper Case around a soul crystal seconds from detonation (ch. 24) and pulling the red-hot result into inventory: 'an explosion large enough to rattle the teeth of a god,' status Explosion Imminent, un-stabilisable, and lethal the instant it leaves his pack. The AI's description calls him a man who murders babies and steals from his elders.