Five years.

  ?That was how long it had taken for "Comsen"—now officially renamed Comet by his new parents—to get his bearings in this chaotic new reality. In five years, a toddler usually learns how to tie their shoes; Comet had spent that time realizing that his new home, Green Orio, was a logistical nightmare of cosmic proportions.

  ?Back on Earth, a planet was just a planet. Here, Green Orio was a behemoth the size of Jupiter, an impossibly vast expanse where the laws of nature had been rewritten by a force that descended hundreds of thousands of years ago.

  ?This mysterious power hadn't just changed the soil; it had physically stitched Green Orio to multiple other worlds—including a hostile realm known as Black Crowl. This "Foreign Force" had invaded aeons ago, seeking to dominate the world by sheer strength. But the same power that connected the worlds also triggered a frantic, violent evolution.

  ?Plants and animals didn't just grow; they mutated. This wasn't a world of cows and sparrows—it was a world of dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts that would make an Earth-based paleontologist faint from pure terror.

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  ?But the weirdest part? The Black Fog.

  ?“Ninety-five percent,” Comet mused, his five-year-old face twisted into a scowl of deep thought.

  ?Ninety-five percent of this massive, Jupiter-sized world was swallowed by a thick, oily black gas and a crushing atmosphere. According to the locals, it was a literal death sentence. If you stepped into the fog, you didn't come back. Even the invaders from Black Crowl couldn't penetrate those dark zones.

  ?Comet knew there were ways to enter—secrets hidden within the Awakened Powers that the people of this world had developed to fight off the invasion—but for now, the fog remained an impenetrable wall of mystery.

  ?He sat there, a small child lost in the heavy, ancient history of a dying world, looking every bit the stoic philosopher. He was contemplating the fate of civilizations, the nature of evolution, and the cosmic scales of power—

  ?"PINCH!"

  ?A sharp, agonizing sting erupted on his backside.

  ?"OUCH! Mother—! Ouch! Who is the bastard?!"

  ?The stoic philosopher vanished instantly. Comet let out a high-pitched shriek, jumping a foot off the ground. He spun around, face flushed red with rage, his tiny fists ready to swing at whoever had dared to interrupt his grand internal monologue.

  ?"I'll teach you to—!"

  ?The words died in his throat. His angry expression didn't just soften; it froze. His jaw hung open, and the fire in his eyes turned into a cold, static glaze of pure realization.