"Father, today your wish has finally come true. Let your children witness the new world created by the great Titan!" Ebony Maw's shrill, excited voice stabbed straight into Thanos's nerves like a sharp dagger.
The voice echoed through Titan's rather desolate air, like the stirring prelude to a symphony of fate.
At that cry, Thanos slowly came to his senses, blinking softly as though waking from a long dream.
His gaze swept over the Black Order before him, sharp enough to feel almost tangible.
Thanos saw the excitement in their eyes, the light dancing there like burning flames.
Yet, for some reason, the joy on those familiar faces seemed to carry a barely perceptible hint of affectation.
Thanos did not know how many of his "children" truly approved of his plans for the universe, and how many followed him only out of fear of his power.
On this long road of conquest, authority and strength always made people complicated and difficult to fathom.
But now, he was only one step away from success. The far shore of his dreams seemed within reach.
Even if the Black Order had overplayed their performance to please him, Thanos had no intention of reprimanding them now. His thoughts were already consumed by the grand vision about to become reality.
He looked around. Countless alien monsters lay prostrate like a black tide.
Their enormous, twisted bodies formed a strange, breathtaking tableau upon this desolate land.
Each monster looked like a demon that had crawled from a dark abyss, yet now they all waited for their master to give the command that would change the universe's fate.
Thanos slowly raised his hand-the left hand that held the fate of the entire universe.
The Six Infinity Stones rested quietly in the Infinity Gauntlet, each radiating its own