(Nisha) I was meeting my creators, my true creators. The essence of what I was made from. It was humbling, but more than anything, it was empowering. That I carried a bit of what they were, it was beautiful. “This Earth is a big place; we start now, get their attention, and then move. Every continent will be affected until they have no choice but to surrender to what we are.” Soleil t.hrust her hands into the air. Fire and water and sparks of light danced from them, and she laughed completely without abandon. “It is soon. I can taste it.” Soleil closed her eyes. The shimmering pool still stood between us even though the faces weren’t there anymore. The emptiness sang. The nymphs took forms, one of rocks, one of a tornado itself, one of molten fire; but they blurred together still

