((...OK, I kind of assumed that everyone of that party just got instantly killed in The Black's ambush, but I'll just assume Zant got lucky. Really lucky. And only Zant. And you do NOT know the half of it. If you are in close quarters with The Black, I don't care WHO you are, YOU'RE DOING IT HORRIBLY WRONG, he's unbeaten if he can remain in close quarters, and even without that, he's incredibly dangerous. He really could have offed the whole group of them in a few seconds no matter where they were, and he only allowed the Original Time Eater to be sealed because it had properties that could be of use for the future that were convenient-not because he couldn't kill the thing at this point. For the record-The Black is an original character, like the Dark Writs, and he definitely didn't start out THIS powerful...))

TNT: Hrm...Most of what he's got on him is weapons of some sort. The band he's got around his left arm is something new...Something unusual. Very. Impossibly. However, it does not supply power directly, merely distributes it in a special way if he does something...Can't make out what. In fact...Doesn't look like he's got anything that directly boosts his energy manipulation skills at all...This makes this guy is the second strongest thing I've seen in my life, only Body of Law outdoes this guy. And this is assuming what we're seeing is all of his power and he isn't containing any of it.

TNT: ...Hrm...Ugh...It looks like he's got some seriously thick Mental Fog-we're not going to penetrate that to read his mind, so we really do only have his words and actions to go on...

The Black: It seems as if one of the ba****ds got away from me...This means there are still foes in the area, and they might come at you all. I'd appreciate your work if you could just kill them instead and prevented an unsealing. 30 seconds, I've got places to be and things to do that dwarf the importance of the OTE, like, nine times over.