Dirge

All things are. We once dreamed of a sky filled with **possibilities**. Of neverending knowledge. But those were conceited times, filled with quibbling. Now we look up and fear the vastness. We fear that there’s no edge to infinity. Humanity pulled itself together. Not like you’d expect, not like you’d approve of, but the results are spectacular. We call ourselves **Utopians** now, to make it simple for our kin in the cosmos. We’ve moved out into the Omniverse, to unlimited resources, and to dominance over the weak. Not for gain, but to the ends of permanence and **peace**. The cessation of their suffering. At the apex, looking down on those confined, those unenlightened, we felt safe. So...