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Mother birthed her first children in the skies beyond the skies.

Twins.

Dark and Light.

Dark was hungry. He swallowed the universe with his first breath. He drenched it in darkness.

Light was crying. She screamed and it ignited the stars.

Mother slumbered for a long time, and when she woke, it was to a dark universe with bright suns.

She birthed more children.

She then slumbered.

Dark was cruel. He resented the newer children of Mother.

Light was fair. She shone her warmth on all.

Gaia made the twin earths.

Light gave her suns. Dark gave her night.

But Dark was hungry.

Dark was cruel.

Gaia held the worlds in her palms and touched them together, forever connecting them.

She thanked her sister and gave her life. The folk of the light. And four would serve the Light forever.

She appeased her brother and gave him life. The folk of the dark. And four would serve the Dark forever.

Dark wanted more.

Gaia gave him more.

The Light kept her Four.

Dark took hundreds.

But Dark was hungry.

And Dark was cruel.

He reached his hand that dripped with shadows to the first earth, and touched eternal darkness to it.

Light was fair. She touched the other side and blessed it with light that would ward off the dark.

Gaia wept and hid the second earth.

But Dark is cruel…

And Light is fair, but she only has Four.