"I once conversed with an emperor who called himself the Ancestral Dragon. He guided me on many things about politics and law. You could say it was an enlightenment—then there were Napoleon, Gode, Montesquieu, Da Vinci, Tesla—the entire history of old humanity seemed to be beckoning me."
Gaia propped up her chin and said:
"They say I was born to bear human destiny. I don't know them, yet they know me and are fond of me. Victoria manages colonies for me, Genghis Khan gallops and herds for me, Washington kneels to me with black slaves in submission, and Adolf picks up a pen to draw my eyebrows."
"You are the child of humanity, the hope of Earth—every historical figure I have known or never met has told me this—you are destined to forge territories for humanity in every dimension, every world, and every span of spacetime."
"Humanity is the only truth in the world, and my task is to bring truth to all worlds."
