The ancient chaos was shrouded in silence and shaddow,
The giant dragon's offspring was born from the earth.

Sweet dreams had smothered the giant dragon's eyes and ears,
And as they slept,
The hundred eyes of Aquila had already opened,
And Phagousa had begun to stir the playful waves.

Yet Georios remained weighty and silent.
Layer upon layer of peaks enveloped the dragon,
Cradling them in a bed more grand than any in existence.

The giant dragon spent their childhood in darkness.

From the moment their bleary eyes blinked open from the haze of slumber,
They hungered to feast on crude iron, and drink deep of molten lava.

Until one day, they raised their head,
And with a low, guttural voice,
Pleaded to glimpse light.

The Titan lifted them up by their ribs, slowly raising them,
The dragon's spine sliced through the strata of rock, cutting open the soil.

When they reached the surface,
They summoned mist woven of the fire of stars.

As though seeing themself clearly and in full,
Through the eyes of a giant bird.

The giant dragon walked the earth alone.
The Titan knew they were lonely and terrified too,
And so sculpted new beasts from flesh and bone.

In that wild, barren world,
The giant dragon led the beasts of the earth.
Excessively long life,
Gifted the giant dragon with eyes that could pierce the veil of years.

They witnessed the separation of day and night,
As well as the entanglement of reason and romance.

And even Kephale,
Did not neglect to share with them a chalice of golden blood.

The ocean teased, saying,
Even should the earth sink utterly,
They would not rot.

Ever since they opened their eyes,
The giant dragon rarely returned to slumber.

And thusly, that mesmerizing dream that occasionally burst forth at night,
Etched a trace on their memory.

The gods they were familiar with were in this dream,
And they were as immense and imposing as ever,
Yet had lost their freedom.

Just what manner of magnificent pathstrider,
Could imprison the Titans as mere reflections?

The giant dragon dreamed also of their own path,
That great breath from the heavens,
Or perhaps from beyond even the heavens.

They dreamed of silver shards amongst the stars,
Reflecting the form of another giant dragon.

That great cerulean dragon,
Approached Amphoreus,
The distant whispers roiling,
Becoming a roar engraved on the earth.

They recognized the meaning in that low roar —
Its name, “Permanence.”