The First Lantern knew what he was about to do the moment he was released.
He and Batman exchanged a look. The two fell silent almost simultaneously, and then he heard Batman say:
"You're about to embark on another adventure, First Lantern. I promise you, this will be your final adventure before retirement—the final adventure of your life."
Ah...
The First Lantern knew this feeling all too well. Fate and the age were calling, calling this utterly exhausted warrior to charge toward the distant horizon once more.
He would cross the curtain of time and stand behind history, just as the First Lantern had done countless times before, calling out to the age and fate and writing a brand-new reality upon the reality of the Over-Time Stream!
Time was frozen with a series of clicking sounds. The First Lantern knew this was only how things appeared from his perspective. Batman Dragon had enveloped both him and the First Lantern in the Speed Force, accelerating their conversation and giving them almost infinite time to talk.
The Speed Force. It could be used to envelop others, granting them some of its properties and eliminating certain physical laws. For example, when The Flash carried someone while running, their bodies would not catch fire from friction.
"My friend, it's time for you to make a sacrifice. I know you no longer want to travel through time, and I know you no longer have the lifespan to do so. But it doesn't matter."
He heard Batman Dragon say, "I'm the Anti-Monitor Dragon now. I can give you a status similar to a Servitor God's Servitor God's Servitor God, transforming you into a servitor of the Anti-Monitor Bat. It won't increase your power by much, but it can slightly restore your nearly exhausted lifespan. And there's