gearshift48 She nodded. "Yes. I woke up, a lucky person. My planet had been cleaved in half, I only surviving because magic itself deemed me worthy. Everybody else...they were not so lucky. They all died. rays and clouds had torn through straight through the planet, causing a total of 75% of the planet to vanish. My husband was dead, a stalagmite having pierced his heart and missing him, the man bleeding to death in my arms, begging me to continue holding me, begging magic itself to save him or spare him...magic said no." She said, tears in her eyes. Her hands were shaking. "I was also holding my baby's hand, the rest of the dear child simply gone...." Her hands were clenched tightly.
((Essentially the stasis happened as the energy passed over their galaxy, freezing time within the planets until it wore off.