The first conflict was not one of violence, but of narrative. The Stone-Speakers sought to solidify the story, to carve it into a single, immutable form.
The Questioners, in response, wove new threads, introduced new characters, and asked new questions, unraveling the story as quickly as it was being written.
The universe became a tapestry woven by two opposing hands, a story that was simultaneously being created and undone.