The creators, for the first time in their long existence, felt a shared sense of utter helplessness.
Their creation, once a symphony of their own making, had become a cacophony of a story they did not understand.
Kael, the hammer, wanted to shatter the dissonance.
Anya, the seed, wanted to find a way to make it grow into something new.
But Lyra, the question, simply listened.