Her joy shocked a figure that was standing a few meters behind her throne. It had been so, so long since he had seen her express anything other than indifference.
"How long has it been?"
he wondered as his mind drifted back to the past, to ancient memories that were buried deep within his subconscious.
..
"I have been by her side from the very beginning, before we knew what the concept of evolution was, before she even knew what she was, before she engraved her first mark on the universe.
Back then, I was just a tiny emperor on a small slumbering world, a world devoid of evolution dust. I was obsessed with all things art; it was my getaway from the real world that I considered dull and lifeless.
Music, poetry, portraits, and dancing for some reason had the ability to pull my mind into a world where everything was radiant and peaceful.
