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            In the days before days, when darkness lay upon the deep, the face of the Earth was an endless expanse of Aquanis, the Prime Water. And from the womb of Aquanis rose trees, woven of the selfsame fabric from which the stars of the heavens draw their light.

And behold, man, fashioned from the clay of the earth and breathed upon by the winds of the heavens, found his life in the waters. For in every vein and in every drop of their blood was Aquanis, the Water of Life.

And man made an image of the water, not a graven image of bronze or stone, but living temples upon the waves, fed by the springs of faith. And the people sang hymns of praise to Aquanis, for it was their drink, their sustenance, and their reflection.

The commandment was given: "Thou shalt have no other gods before the Water." For in its clarity and purity was the ultimate truth beheld. And the children of Aquanis walked in the light of their teachings, strict in their belief, without doubt and without fault.

Yet times shifted, and the waters of change flowed ceaselessly. New thoughts came forth like rivers seeking the sea, but the servants of Aquanis stood immovable, steadfast as the trees of water they so deeply revered.

But Aquanis, in his infinite wisdom, let the waters rise and fall, and in an act of earthly transience, the temples were engulfed, and the servants of Aquanis passed away with their hearts of stone.

Thus remained only the trees, bursting forth from the depths of the waters, silent sentinels of once-splendid majesty. And the waters whispered the legend of Aquanis, of a time when water alone was god.

Blessed be Aquanis, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega, whose trees still tell the tales of the beginning, a reminder to the children of the stars that from water all things come and unto water all things return. Amen.

⬇️ Translations in the first comments ⬇️

Taken on: April 28, 2024

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