He paused and looked at Noah with eyes that held centuries of gratitude for a being who had shown him kindness when he deserved none.
"I told THE Creature to spread my Weavings out across Existence so that I could hide in fragments until the time was right," Anaximander continued. "I set up new Guidelines to make it possible, declaring that my existence could be divided and scattered without diminishing my core self. When a time in the future came when things settled down, a friend could come and wake me. I thought that friend would be THE Creature returning after his victory, but it turned out to be you."
He smiled with genuine warmth.
"So here we are, Friend."
...!
Here they were.
Noah silently thought about everything he had just learned before he looked at Anaximander closely and asked the question that had been burning in his mind since he first encountered this impossible being.
"What is your Way?"
...!
His Way.
