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Chapter Two

In the beginning, God set the heavens aglow with a golden light to
guide the feet of nocturnal travelers and to light the dense juplee forests so
that hungry ifflings might continue their feasting on broad, fat leaves.
 It was a blessing, the light, the broad splash of fire which appeared low
in the evening sky and grew with the movement of The World to burn
night away and to cover the dome of the sky with its glory.

From the lowly ifflings, God created Artonuee to love the beauty which
fought the darkness. The light was good. And the Artonuee flourished and
partook of God's wisdom and flew on the wings of the sun and, coming too
near, angered Her.

For to gain a world, and another, Artonuee forsook God and, in
punishment, were doomed.

She spake: From the ifflings you came. To the ifflings return, and in the
end, to eternal fire.

And the fires in the darkness grew as the Artonuee grew, and their
thunder could be heard, and the end was ordained not quickly, but with
inevitable slownessтАФeternal death marching down the blackness, sending
messengers of light and radiation to remind the Artonuee of their
transgressions.

Struggling against God's anger, the Artonuee bellowed out into the cold
void in drivers and sought refuge, but did not find it, being limited by
God's divine will.




Chapter Three

"Forgive me, Mother. I sin."

She bowed before the shrine of Her dwelling, released her prayer.
Around her, the soft silk of the walls glowed warmth and comfort, and
through the spun covering of the viewer the fires of the night glowed the
earth.

She had risen at a predawn hour in order to catch the shuttle driver.