Мор - ученик смерти

           TheywereoneoftheoldestoftheDisc’sreligioussects,althougheventhegodsthemselvesweredividedastowhetherListeningwasreallyaproperreligion,andallthatpreventedtheirtemplebeingwipedoutbyafewwell-aimedavalancheswasthefactthateventhegodswerecuriousastowhatitwasthattheListenersmightHear.Ifthere’sonethingthatreallyannoysagod,it’snotknowingsomething.

           It’lltakeMortseveralminutestoarrive.Arowofdotswouldfillinthetimenicely,butthereaderwillalreadybenoticingthestrangeshapeofthetemple–curledlikeagreatwhiteammoniteattheendofthevalley–andwillprobablywantanexplanation.

           ThefactisthattheListenersaretryingtoworkoutpreciselywhatitwasthattheCreatorsaidwhenHemadetheuniverse.

           Thetheoryisquitestraightforward.

           Clearly,nothingthattheCreatormakescouldeverbedestroyed,whichmeansthattheechoesofthosefirstsyllablesmuststillbearoundsomewhere,bouncingandreboundingoffallthematterinthecosmosbutstillaudibletoareallygoodlistener.

           EonsagotheListenershadfoundthaticeandchancehadcarvedthisonevalleyintotheperfectacousticoppositeofanechovalley,andhadbuilttheirmulti-chamberedtempleintheexactpositionthattheonecomfychairalwaysoccupiesinthehomeofarabidhi-fifanatic.Complexbafflescaughtandamplifiedthesoundthatwasfunnelledupthechillyvalley,steeringiteverinwardstothecentralchamberwhere,atanyhourofthedayornight,threemonksalwayssat.

           Listening.