Without time, matter can do nothing except sit in a sterile state, in a
vacuum in which nothing could occur; and without matter, time would
flow, but nothing would move with it. Thus, the basis of physical
existence is time and matter, each being useless separately, yet
together being the perfect combination of a tangible object and the
fluid, forward movement to animate it. Imagine it as a three-dimensional
painting, matter given depth by time."
"Not so complicated," I said cheerfully.
"Not yet, you mean," he laughed.
"Exactly, tell me more."
"Not just yet, Jehu. First you must help me."
"The time to begin has come then?" I asked.
"Yes, you must go now," he said, "And remember, I'll be watching. Good-
bye."
And with that, not even standing up, Onan put me into a deep state of
comatose and sent me through time to the unknown lands and people whom I
was to deliver. I awoke, as you will remember, in the center of the
savanna. Now that you know the circumstances of my arrival on Daem, I
will go back to where I was before: on the way to the Canitaur's hidden
fortress.
Chapter 5: The Treeway
I was walking in silence through the rugged forests of northern Daem
alongside Bernibus the Canitaur, with his fellows Wagner and Taurus
before and behind us, respectively, the former leading the way, the
latter covering our tracks, and both on the lookout for an ambush.
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