IN THAT WORLD, BETWEEN BEGINNING AND END
LIE ESTABLISHED HAPPENINGS LAID OUT
CHAPTER TO CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF
THE ALMIGHTY BEING.

AND EACH AND EVERY EVENT
WRITTEN THERE EMANATES
FROM THE WILL OF THE AUTHOR.
THE PAGES THAT COMPLETE EACH CHAPTER ...
WE CALL TIME.

BUT WHO IS TO KNOW WHEN
AND IF THE STORY ENDS.

AND THAT WORLD WAS ENDING ...
AS IF A BOOK
WERE FINISHED BEING READ ...
BUT THE EVIL
THAT LIVED WITHIN THE CLOSING BOOK
RIPPED THE END CHAPTER ASUNDER WITH GNASHING
TEETH-LEAVING THE MULTIPLICATION
TO BEGIN ...