Varian smiled, and he took a step closer. He placed his hands on her shoulders, oddly solid despite their semi-liquid nature, and he leaned forwards so his mouth was just a mere inch away from her ear.
Time seemed to stop as he whispered. He had so much to say, but for Aïda, it would only be a few seconds. Despite the information going too fast for her to comprehend, her mind would process it against her own will.
She would know, no matter how hard she tried to blot it out.
He told her the horrifying truth about reality, the universe, and man's insignifance in the grand scale of the universe. He told her that the universe she knew was only a bubble in the frothing ocean that is infinity, and that mankind's primitive perceptions and willful ignorance are the only thing keeping them from madness.