Aysus watched Tahaan’s actions with amusement, more than willing to allow its companion to reveal its new-found experiences. Although Aysus could not honestly say that it derived as much pleasure from the actions of the threads as Tahaan did, it could say wholeheartedly that watching the pleasure of Tahaan gave it pleasure.

When Tahaan did finally create the light, Aysus studied it carefully, its own curiosity neatly tempered by its nature. By the time it fully decides that it would be willing to break the light and make a noise for Tahaan’s sake, the being had already wandered away. Aysus stared after its companion, before returning its attention to the light. Should it break it anyways?

No. there was no reason for it now that Tahaan had left. Should the time come up, it would do it again later. When it meant something once more. 

And so Aysus returned to its own existence, as a being discovering reality through patient contemplation. It had not discovered as much about the noise and the silence as Tahaan, and it prepared to resume its contemplation.

But, before Aysus could be satisfied that it truly understood the noise and the silence Tahaan was back. Aysus listened patiently to its communications, and realized that Tahaan had already moved away from that which was, and was once more looking to that which could be. A small shiver passed through Aysys, sending its silken fold fluttering. 

It was not sure it was ready. But Tahaan was ready. And it had already accepted that change was to be the only thing that remained constant in this new universe that they were experiencing. There was neither time nor room for a comfort zone anymore. Aysus had to release itself, and plunge over the edge. It would never have the same excitement for the unknown that Tahaan possessed, but it could demonstrate more than it was currently showing.

And so it dedicated itself to what Tahaan was saying, trying to understand what its companion wanted from them both.

[i]~Perhaps,~[/i] Aysus replied, once it was clear that Tahaan was done speaking. [i]~But I did not truly understand the light or the noise or the darkness or the silence until those things were woven into our universe. So I am sure it will be with this new thing of which you speak.~[/i]

Together the two moved towards one of the wellsprings of the source, one of the infinite number of locations where the threads were released by the source, the energy from which everything had come.

Tahaan swirled around it, continuing to gently prompt Aysus forward. The being did not mind Tahaan’s actions, for its thoughts were almost entirely focused on what was to come.

There was no doubt that this was going to be the largest change that had been attempted, and Aysus could feel the truth of that about which Tahaan spoke. It could not be done one at a time, for the thing which they were trying to create was so incompatible with the universe they had made thus far that it would not be able to survive long enough for them to make its counterpart from the leftover pieces of the threads. But Aysus also knew that neither of them could weave alone. They could create that which already existed alone, but a new creation required both of their input.

Could they truly do this? Aysus had never tried to do two things at once. It was not even sure that such a thing was possible. But, were Tahaan to tell it about the light before the light came to be, it would have thought that impossible as well. Change was not an innate part of its being. It would have to try harder.

The threads that collected around the wellspring were at the densest that they were at any place in the universe. It was easy to gather them together, so easy that it barely took a sweep of Aysus’ folds to bring them together into a massive pile, and the wellspring instantly replaced any open spaces that Aysus made with even more of the threads.

And so it began, uncertain of what exactly it was doing, but hoping that, one way or another, it would all come together. The threads wove easily under its touch, and Tahaan quickly moved in to help. The first part began to take shape. But did they not also have to be doing something with the pieces of thread that sheared away from the weaving, that were opposite in nature and could not remain within the threads that were creating this new thing? They scurried away quickly, so quickly that Aysus practically had to lunge to catch up with them. But in doing so, it was forced to release its hold of the weaving, which began to crumble.

Tahaan, concerned to see its partner scrambling so, desperately tried to help, drawing more and more threads into the weaving to keep it from falling apart as Aysus finally managed to catch the last of the secondary threads, that were to weave the opposite. 

But now the weave was bloated, and it quickly became tangled on the new threads Tahaan had put in to keep it together. Suddenly, and seemingly without warning, the whole thing collapsed, the threads and pieces of threads scattering out into the furthest reaches of the universe.

There was a moment of perfect silence, where it seemed that even Tahaan did not move. In that moment Aysus knew, if he spoke the right words, this whole thing would be over. They would continue to explore with the threads, but this strange, perpetual thing they were trying to create now would never come to be.

[i]~Lets try again.~[/i]