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The very spirit of an entire plane's era! Summoned and manifested in a different plane like a Planeswalker's minion! For a minute, the rage of Sarkhan beat back the Planar Expansion in a stalemate.
Then suddenly he stopped. In the blink of an eye, Sarkhan found himself in Tarkir as he'd always imagined it: A noble land ruled by noble dragons, himself counted as one of them. His broodmates cheered on his flashy flight path, and Atarka herself acknowledged his strength. And so, Sarkhan just...let go.
"I didn't even know magic was possible" confessed Aminatou, later. "You...you changed the future. You saved this plane"
"You do yourself a disservice, girl!" chortled Valgavoth. "Manifesting a dream of that calibre required GREAT concentration, one only made possible by your causal interference. As I divined, we make a GREAT team!"
"We do" she finally acknowledged. "Thank you. I couldn't have saved this plane without you. I...didn't think you'd actually try"
Valgavoth sighed. "I understand your mistrust. I certainly can't deny taking wicked glee in" he said, waving a hand vaguely at the both the brood leaders and clan chiefs running around screaming as their own incarnate fears forcibly united them in desperation "the methods I use here"
"Do you really think it's possible to use evil methods for good, Valgavoth? There were other ways. Less risky ways. To resolve this"
"You could have stopped their hearts, with how you control fate"
"I don't deal in certainties, you know. I just...steer things. It's fun. It prevents me from overreaching"
"Ah, but you steer them with such adroit skill you can take a Spark before it's time! Can good come out of evil? All I can say is however bent and crooked the path to get there, I'm game to try. Just look at those fated outcomes of yours"
Aminatou thought about the inevitable future I represented, and my promise to her of a new outcome, and she smiled. "That, I can't deny"
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