What happened to the title? It's corrupted!
Anomaly: #&&#-#7#+… —he laughed softly—. I think I've already recovered part of my power. —He observed his "hand": an amalgam of glitches, broken polygons, texture errors, and pure void.— I wonder what I'll want to do when I reach one hundred percent.
…: That's true. What will happen then? —the voice resonated calmly—. May I ask what you will do, Anomaly? It is… possibly the first and only time I've felt genuine curiosity about something.
Anomaly: So you came…
Creator. Firmament. Remote Deity. Etherodivinitar. Alteor. Or simply… the first name that gave rise to what we call identity: Alcanor.
The footsteps stopped.
Alcanor: You know too much. Did you already exist at the origin… or have you always been?
Anomaly: The truth is… —he laughed, a glitch in his voice— it flatters me to spark curiosity in a being who knows everything.
Alcanor: There is something that does intrigue me. Your language… is it human, or did you learn it through Null?
Anomaly: Ah, human languages… (he laughed). I only had to adapt. Obwohl es etwas kompliziert war, 現在の私の状態のため.
Alcanor: In other words… you had to relearn it.
Anomaly: Exactly. —He pointed at him approvingly—. Worthy of someone who understands it without relying on omniscience. You can even understand something that doesn't exist in "information" or in "data." —He laughed while drinking a coffee made of Matrix, saturated with existential information— That is… remarkable.
Alcanor: You intrigue me. —He smiled serenely—. I did not create you, of that I am certain. But you continue to exist because I allowed it. You seemed curious to me… and exciting for this story.
Anomaly: You are correct. —Distorted laughter—. You did not create me… but I cannot challenge your authority either. I wondered why a being like you would allow me to exist. I'm glad you find me exciting. And about your question… I existed without existing. You know what I mean.
Alcanor: Existence… (he denied it). Void… (he denied it again). Nonexistence… —he thought—. No. (He laughed.) The name Anomaly suits you perfectly. You do not exist, you do not non-exist, and yet you are not nonexistence. Curious… now I truly am intrigued.
Anomaly: You deduced it quickly. —He brought his "hands" together— That's why no probability, data, information, or even space-time can reach me. All of that is… ephemeral.
Alcanor: Ephemeral? (he laughed). That explains many things. But tell me… do you know who I really am?
Anomaly's smile faded.
Anomaly: I would say "Creator"… but you are not limited to creating. Your name is just a label you used to be understood. I cannot define you. I cannot describe you. I can only say what I observe.
Around them, reality filled with polygons, glitches, and warning windows.
Alcanor: I understand. You are not the only one who cannot do so. By the way… (he laughed) I want to verify something.
Anomaly: Verify?
No time. No displacement. No transition.
Anomaly was already at the edge of the no-place. Alcanor had him restrained, about to—
WAIT, LORD ALCANOR!! IT'S ME!!
Alcanor: Well… (he raised an eyebrow). Swapping places with a universe wouldn't have surprised me this much. But exchanging places with the voice of the narrative… (he laughed) that is interesting.
He released him.
Anomaly reappeared out of nowhere.
Anomaly: I had to prove something to you, didn't I? (he laughed). I'm flattered to surprise you.
Alcanor was—
Alcanor: I saw your intention. (he laughed) You cannot harm me. "Harm" exists thanks to me.
Anomaly: I know. I just wanted to confirm it.
Alcanor: I do not lie about such things.
Chains of indefinable size surrounded all of reality. They did not appear. They did not emerge. They simply were.
Anomaly: Well… so these are your chains. —He undid all his glitches.— All right. You win. If you catch me with that… I wouldn't even be able to want to escape.
Alcanor: You know too much. It's as if you had already seen them. —He rendered the chains nonexistent.— Enough talk. Let the story continue.
Anomaly: You're not one to intervene… are you?
Alcanor: Only when it is necessary.
Alcanor disappeared.
No light. No rupture. No movement. As if he had never been there.
Anomaly: It's definitely different speaking with you… It's like talking to a god… and a human at the same time. How strange. —He laughed.—
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