[Little question there. She has explained some of history to many people here, but at no point had that particular name ever come into play. Only one other currently here knew it now.]
Meteion -- and by extension, her sisters, collectively known as the Meteia -- was a specific sort of lifeform known as an entelechy, designed to interact with an energy called dynamis rather than aether. Hermes, the overseer of the lifeform testing grounds we called Elpis, created her with the intent that her kind would travel to other stars, interact with other life forms, and transmit back the knowledge they gained through their bond to Meteion herself, who would remain at his side.
Hermes sough an answer to a question he believed only he had: what is the purpose of life? Our own society appeared to have an answer he could only view with pained skepticism, and so he sought answers from outside that society. The Meteia, however, did not find the answer to the question he posed. They found the ruins of other civilizations, or civilizations whom their existence and questioning led to destruction.
How often have I said, most particularly here, that suffering is ever a component of living? Inherently and without exception, for the very laws of existence that necessitate life also necessitate suffering. As the Meteia learned this, they drew the very conclusion you have heard: that only in nonexistence lies salvation. To end suffering, one must end life.
I regret to say that she, or they, had the power to cause this to happen. Hermes, in the depths of his own despair and anger, gave her reign to do as she would -- a test, he called it, for mankind. Should we find a way to survive her efforts, we would have earned our right to exist. If not, we were flawed creations, and thus should be discarded.
I -- we -- tried to stop her, but she made good her escape, and all I could do was mark her, that we might know where she was even though we could not reach her. At the edge of the universe, she sang her song, and across the void it traveled. Eventually, it did indeed prove the end of our flawed society... but not of mankind.
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[Little question there. She has explained some of history to many people here, but at no point had that particular name ever come into play. Only one other currently here knew it now.]
Meteion -- and by extension, her sisters, collectively known as the Meteia -- was a specific sort of lifeform known as an entelechy, designed to interact with an energy called dynamis rather than aether. Hermes, the overseer of the lifeform testing grounds we called Elpis, created her with the intent that her kind would travel to other stars, interact with other life forms, and transmit back the knowledge they gained through their bond to Meteion herself, who would remain at his side.
Hermes sough an answer to a question he believed only he had: what is the purpose of life? Our own society appeared to have an answer he could only view with pained skepticism, and so he sought answers from outside that society. The Meteia, however, did not find the answer to the question he posed. They found the ruins of other civilizations, or civilizations whom their existence and questioning led to destruction.
How often have I said, most particularly here, that suffering is ever a component of living? Inherently and without exception, for the very laws of existence that necessitate life also necessitate suffering. As the Meteia learned this, they drew the very conclusion you have heard: that only in nonexistence lies salvation. To end suffering, one must end life.
I regret to say that she, or they, had the power to cause this to happen. Hermes, in the depths of his own despair and anger, gave her reign to do as she would -- a test, he called it, for mankind. Should we find a way to survive her efforts, we would have earned our right to exist. If not, we were flawed creations, and thus should be discarded.
I -- we -- tried to stop her, but she made good her escape, and all I could do was mark her, that we might know where she was even though we could not reach her. At the edge of the universe, she sang her song, and across the void it traveled. Eventually, it did indeed prove the end of our flawed society... but not of mankind.