Epilogue - Coincidence and Meddling
Vasariametz
Coincidence.
It was a word that explained happenstance. The small chance of something outside the norm occurring. It explained the little details that seemed to coincide with one another just enough to draw attention but not so much that people look deeper.
Coincidence.
A word that Vasariametz did not like to use. Using it meant that he did not know something and after how many years he had lived, that was unacceptable.
It was the marker of mystery, of something subtle that could possibly lead to something more. A thread to be pulled and explore where it went. It could lead to something, or it could lead to nothing, sometimes a coincidence was truly a coincidence.
More often than not, though, that wasn't the way the multiverse worked. After many eons, it was hard to say anything was truly a coincidence. They were in the 7th age already, there were so few new things that happened after so long.
There were reasons for everything. Why life bloomed on one planet and not another. Why planets formed in certain ways to gain certain affinities. Why the universe worked the way it did.
Vasariametz was far older than most thought he was and there were so few coincidences that caught his eye.
Few things that intrigued him.
As most Gods in the multiverse could attest, an intrigued Vasariametz was one of the worst things that could happen.
One of the downsides of living for as long as he had was the knowledge he possessed. The sheer extensiveness meant that there was nothing new to learn. No new explorations to be had or adventures to seek.