Equal footing
After Rain listened to those words and stood within the core of the red star, he felt a sudden tremor ripple through its immense form. At first, it was subtle, like the faint rumble of distant thunder, but soon, the vibrations intensified, causing the entire star to convulse with increasing violence.
The surface of the red star began to quake and heave, massive waves of fire and plasma roiling across its surface. The once stable sphere of energy now seemed to teeter on the brink of collapse, its very essence pulsating with chaotic energy.
Then, with a deafening roar, the red star began to expand once again, its fiery tendrils stretching outwards into the void. But this time, something was different. As the star expanded, it fragmented into countless smaller spheres of fire and radiation, each one still many times larger than Rain himself.