Thousands of years ago, in the realms of the gods...
"Why are you retiring master?" a young-looking woman asks
"Why do you ask that child, are you not ready to become the Goddess of the forge, to surpass this tired old dog of a smith?" the old man replies with a stern, but kind look on his face, "Never you mind, I have made my decision long ago when I forged THAT Creation and sent it to look for your apprentice."
"Fine, but will you be able to give me advice when I need it?" the woman says
"For a while I will, but how will you go train the apprentice it finds if you are up here asking me these questions, when the device finds your apprentice, you will become integrated with it, like my master did for me before he retired.
Thousands of years later, the present day, in small town USA...
"Come on Ethan, You have to get those burgers done, we've got a 15-minute tickets in the window getting cold" Syl tells me as I'm trying to finish working a ticket and pulling four burgers out of the salamander heater, melting cheese burning my hands. i get the burgers down on the buns, then the world spins, and the pain in my chest intensifies before dying out as my body starts going down I see the restaurant then the ceiling, then the face of my supervisor, mentor, and friend as I die, my heart which had been overworked for a while now finally explodes in my chest I cough once spewing a mouthful of blood and then close my eyes letting a serene smile touch my face as the world fades to black.
Some time later the void of death brightens, and I feel life coursing through my veins once more, but my body is smaller my muscles spasming around me. then I hear it cries, my own cries,{guess I've been reincarnated} and a kindly looking old woman stares at me before muttering something and then my body is clean and a blanket is wrapped around me, before I am shoved into someone's arms a man, one who looks strong, but he looks worried, I try to follow his gaze but my body won't listen finally I get a glimpse and see the woman I had just come out of. My mother looking pale and haggard, the old woman working to pulls something else out of her. More crying, a sibling{guess I have a twin} the old woman shouts for joy before cleaning the second child wrapping them in a blanket of a different color, and handing my sibling to my father, I can see her clearly, a sister, a twin sister yay! the battle is not over though and father seems to be more worried by the second as the old woman tries to save her, and Ido something I haven't done in a long time even my other life, I pray. To any god or gods listening, because the old lady was using magic and I know I'm not on earth anymore, that they let my mother make it, and I'd do just about anything [ding-ding host has offered up his first heartfelt prayer to save his mother, system will grant it but then must go into hibernation for unspecified amount of time]. the magic activates for the old woman and soon my mother starts to heal, after that the old lady tells my father to give us to our mother so she can feed us, and she'll be back to collect payment if we survive the winter.