The First Absence, as Ash knew well, was a place that had existed since the very start of the Novel's creation.
Long before the Mother and the Father were even conceived, the First Absence had stood as the original realm.
Yet, the name it carried was just that—a title given by two beings who truly knew nothing about the realm itself.
To those who lived within it, it was never called the First Absence at all, but rather, it was known as the Source of Expansion.
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The Source of Expansion was a mythical land of breathtaking wonder.
The sky was a deep, vibrant red, illuminated by four suns that burned in perfect harmony — three white and one golden.
Four moons hung in the heavens as well, each at different phases.
The largest was a brilliant silver, the second a soft blue, the third a fiery orange, and the fourth — the farthest and most mysterious — was pitch black, seeming to drink in the light of the others rather than reflect it.
