Brave Sun built a tower of stone. It was high and mighty.
"Look at my tower, Sister!" he shouted. "It pierces the clouds!"
Starry Wisdom looked at the tower. She did not build a tower. She wove a cloak of invisibility from the mist.
"I do not need a tower," she said, vanishing. "I am everywhere and nowhere."
Brave Sun could not hit what he could not see. He felt foolish.
Starry Wisdom could not hide from the shadow of the tower. She felt small.
A golden serpent slithered out of the rocks. It held a Crown in its mouth.
"Why do you bicker?" the serpent hissed. "You are gods. But who is the First God?"
"I am," Brave Sun said. "I was born first. I am Strength."
"I am," Starry Wisdom said. "I woke up first. I am Wisdom."
The serpent dropped the Crown of Pride.
"Whoever wears this," the serpent whispered, "will be recognized as the Ruler."
Brave Sun lunged for it.
Starry Wisdom tripped him with a vine of magic.
They tumbled in the dirt, fighting for a piece of cold gold. Noax watched from the hill, his heart breaking.