Ray had always been cautious.

He valued life.

But the life he valued was his life as a human, not as a monster.

If he transformed into space itself, he could become invincible, untouchable—even immortal. But what meaning would such a life hold?

Boring enough to drive someone to suicide, probably.

So he had zero interest in becoming pure space.

Besides… could he even do it? Using his otherworldly storage space didn't consume his powers—only spatial severing or spatial perception did. And ov