"Books - David Eddings - Belgarath the Sorcerer" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

and at a time that were not a part of the original design of all
creation.

The death of a star is a titanic event, and the death of this
particular star was made even more so by its unfortunate proximity to
other stars. Ye have all studied the heavens, and therefore ye know
that the universe is comprised of clusters of stars. The particular
cluster of which we speak consisted of so many suns that they were
beyond counting, and the wayward sun that died in their very midst
ignited others, and they in turn ignited more. The conflagration
spread until the entire cluster exploded."

"Was that anywhere near where we are now. Master?" Belsambar asked
him.

"Nay, my son. The EVENT took place on the far side of the universe
--so far in fact that the light of that catastrophe hath not yet
reached this world."

"How is that possible, Master?" Belsambar looked confused.

"Sight isn't instantaneous, brother," Beldin explained.

"There's a lag between the time when something happens and the time
when we see it.

There are a lot of things we see in the night sky that aren't really
there any more. Someday when we've both got some time, I'll explain it
to you."

"How could so remote an event have any meaning here, Master?"

Belzedar asked, his tone baffled.

Aldur sighed.

"The universe came into being with a Purpose, Belzedar," he replied
with a strange kind of wonder in his voice.

"The accident divided that Purpose, and what was once one became two.

Awareness came out of that division, and the two Purposes have
contended with each other since that EVENT took place. In time, the
two agreed that this world--which did not even exist as yet--would be
their final battleground. That is why my brothers and I came into
existence, and that is why we made this world. It is here that the
division of the Purpose of the universe will be healed. A series of
EVENTS, some great and some very small, have been leading up to the
final EVENT, and that EVENT shall be a Choice."