In Existence, more often than not, entities believed themselves to be infallible.
They accumulated power and authority and began thinking they would live forever, that nothing could truly threaten what they had built.
Many did not understand the fragility of their own mortality until the moment it was stripped away.
They moved through reality with confidence that bordered on arrogance, certain that their preparations were sufficient and their foundations unshakeable.
Then there were others who understood their own mortality with painful clarity.
Who recognized that things could and did always go wrong, regardless of how careful one was.
These entities prepared for all eventualities and considered all possibilities with paranoid thoroughness.
They did everything they absolutely could and remained as cautious as possible at every moment.
