Chapter 25: Interlude 1 - The Ancient and the Primordial
In the distant past, when the sea had just formed and magma roamed the earth, shaping the land,
‘It’ arrived on this planet, traversing the vast ocean of stars.
How it came to this planet among countless others is unknown, but that remarkable coincidence bestowed something remarkable upon this world.
The lifeless planet, Pyros, was a place where even the seas boiled. The first lifeform to land in such a place shook the crust and stirred the oceans, but there were no issues with its abrupt arrival.
With no creatures living on land, what did it matter if the crust crumbled?
With no life to be swept away by the seas, who would care if they overflowed or dried up?
A sole, singular lifeform. The primordial being, immune to earthquakes and tsunamis, floated atop the scorching sea, pondering its future.
It possessed neither reason nor intellect. But it had something akin to thought.
There was nothing here for the Primordial to consume.
This wasn’t a conclusion reached through intelligent reasoning, but an instinct inherent to all life.
Pyros still lacked any organic matter. Only inorganic substances, unable to harbor or birth life, filled every corner.