Whats this fuss about a flow Miyako is talking about?
The flow itself is roughly described in Chapter 3-1. The following paragraphs try to explain the meaning of some of Miyako’s rather cryptic statements. She said the flow carries the universe to a final state. Consider this: At the time of its birth the universe was very small. All matter/energy (You know, E=mcý) was very concentrated. You may have heard that the universe constantly expands. So the concentration decreases of course. The final state is reached when concentration reaches zero. But this state can’t be reached forever and the flow will continue carrying us with it. Miyako stated that the Power wants to stop the flow. Actually nobody, how powerful he might be, could stop it. Remember that the flow controls the whole universe and even earth is only a tiny grain of sand compared to it. Even Akira couldn’t do that (if his powers were of the ordinary type; read next paragraph). But if somebody is able to use the Power, this person can stop a small part of the flow by destroying
