Diyem sighed. "If we want to tackle a problem like this, then we need to think as a Cibus native than an immigrant to it. As absurd as this world is... its rules are to be followed. It has some consistency. Let's look at these elements one piece at a time. In fact, Owen took the liberty of doing just that some time ago." He closed his eyes to recall it.
"Shadows. I know it well. They are hidden feelings, negative emotions, and often things that you hide away from others... or let them take you over from the inside-out. They are pent-up frustrations of Cibus. In my own 'Cibus,' I was born from the original flaws of the world, a dissatisfaction, a doubt. Shadows of this world might be similar."
"Light. Joule. To shine upon what does not want to be seen; to bring out what had been sealed away. Light reveals Shadows, and when exposed, the Shadows wither away to scrutiny. I believe it is the Light property that truly brings out everyone's inner feelings, their confidence, their impulses, more readily. I do not think it is Radiance as a whole.
"Life. Maple, Buffet. The will to fight, the struggle for survival. I think this is the most self-explanatory element because it is inherent to natural mortals. Humans and exceptional Pokemon in particular overflow with Life, from what I've observed. And Life and Light make Radiance... which is a struggle to reveal oneself.
"For a while, we thought that was it. Life, Light, and Shadow. Combined, the three make a force that is both all the dissatisfaction with something, the darkness from and toward the world, and an impulse and struggle to reveal it. It seemed intuitive. It was what happened with Joule. But even he was controlled; Joule's darkness has nothing to do with destruction.
"...Eterna. I kept it from you all, but I knew Eterna energy was involved, too. It is energy without a source; the ability to defy and distort reality itself. It is a means to do what Blacklight alone only wishes to do. Eterna... is power. Inevitability. Flow. And, as we've seen, nullification and futility."
Diyem sighed, rubbing his temples. "Eterna Blacklight, then, by these conceptual soft-sciences... would be a force that can generate its own power to seek out change in a world that is flawed. An inevitable and eternal struggle toward it... And a willingness and ability to distort reality to achieve those goals. Those four elements alone are extremely dangerous--and it is what is within Maple and Eien, right now, in the Tree of Life."
Finally, Diyem's face darkened. "It's the final element that we need to fear," he said. "Above Shadows and Light, above Life and Eternity, is the gods. Divinity, Creation. Beginnings and Endings. It is not something that shapes worlds or realities, but the very foundations that underpin what we know. It is the power of the universe, not just a world. Soda wanted to change not Cibus, but his home world.
"Divine Eternal Blacklight, then, is the ultimate power that is trying to form. The struggle to change whole universes to rid itself of a flawed one. That might have formed because of what a few tormented souls had wished for, being in just the right place at just the right time.
"But, again," Diyem said, sinking back into his chair, "I could be wrong."
