The destruction of the First Valley was an incomprehensible, unprecedented, unjust Event that could never be surpassed, for it signified the end of the greatest mass of the Cosmos, and yet… at the moment, all those that were witness to it are more preoccupied in surviving it and its aftermath, rather than fulfilling the observer role.
That is, all but two existence averted their attention for the sake of staying alive.
One was Nature, who exploited the instant in which the enemy camp was distracted and its newfound, albeit pricy, freedom, with the cooperation of his two Cortex proxies, to hasten its invasion of the Second Valley, as well as ingrained itself deeper in its foundation, before Fire could burn it all to the ground.
The other was Zax, who was not strong enough to withstand th
