Adrift

In the ur-times, before Coyote found his humour and before She Who Longs For The Darkness had anything to long for, Leviathan was adrift.

And Leviathan spoke to its brother, Behemoth, though in those times words had not yet come.

Brother Behemoth I am adrift and cannot feed.

Brother Leviathan I am no better.

At this point, the Joy That Comes From Failure passed between the two and was eaten. Leviathan and Behemoth tore wildly at it, and bumped into each other many times making Sounds. From their titanic struggle Thunder was born, and the Groaning In The Deep, and these two children knew of their parents and fled lest they too become a meal.

All that remained of the Joy That Comes From Failure was a scrap that drifted away, beyond the reach of the two great beasts. It fled, and became Learning.

Brother Behemoth I am yet hungry.

Brother Leviathan I am yet hungry.

We cannot fight for food like this, Brother Behemoth. We are sure to starve.

We shall make a great surface, and tread upon it and walk far away from each other Brother Leviathan. Then we need not fight.

No, we will create a great water, and swim in it far from each other Brother Behemoth. Then we need not fight nor tread.

And the two drifted while they thought, a process that took so much time because of their titanic minds that Light came and met The Sun, and they began their courtship and were wed.

Brother Leviathan, make your water and live in it. Feed on those that swim. I will make my surface, and feed on those that walk.  Then we need never fear each other.

And Leviathan saw that this was wise, and made the great ocean while Behemoth made the earth. And as they parted they feasted on all that stood or swam in the new world, robbing the future of many things.