“This story starts with pain~”

  “The pain of the world”

  “Magic used to flow through every crevice and crack in the ecosystem of life~”

  “But nature was depleting and my magic was stolen”

  “Leeches milking power from their creators~”

  “Humans enslaved everything from pixies to dragons”

  “Everything used to work~”

  “Everything used to be balanced”

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  “Curiosity killed that~”

  “they found ways to use my power without my knowledge…”

  “…and the world started to weaken~”

  “My sister’s power was barely touched, but her children…”

  “my trees, my beasts, life as a whole…~”

  “…were depleted to better suit the needs of leeches”

  “Humans used to be amazing~”

  “We would delight as we watched them grow and change”

  “The needs of the few outweigh the many I suppose~”

  “To them, the world was a garden to be harvested”

  “We watched as they drove our little haven into madness~”

  “My sister had enough, I had enough”

  “But after Eons of being spectators, we allowed a change that would shape the world......  I had a kid~”

  “Do you really have to say it like that?”

  “What’s wrong~”

  “I mean we’re the gods of this world, shouldn’t a god’s kid sound a little more grand?”

  “Oh, I see what you mean… perhaps something like this… Ahem, I manifested a large amount of my energy and condensed it into a small vessel~”

  “Yeah that works…”

  “My plan was to drop it where it was most needed so it would mold into what ever was needed~”

  “Of course humans got in the way of that”

  “What should we expect at this point~”

  “Anyway, here we go.”