Prologue: The Gift and the Shadow
Before the Snail, before the theft of stars, there was love—and there was envy.
Andromeda and the Dragon had once shared eternity together, two spirits entwined among the galaxies. But then God gifted the Dragon a star, a luminous seed that birthed a world teeming with life. Earth.
The Dragon poured joy into this new creation, tending to its inhabitants with boundless love and wisdom. Every sunrise, every bloom, every heartbeat of its people resonated with the Dragon's care, expanding their minds, their hearts… their very potential.
Andromeda watched. At first, she marveled. Then, slowly, a shadow crept across her heart. She loved the Dragon still, but her affection twisted into jealousy. Why should the Dragon's love overflow while she remained merely witness?
And the other creatures—the watchers of the cosmos—began to murmur. They saw the Dragon's love as a threat, a power growing too fast, untamed. They looked to Andromeda. And she, torn by longing, envy, and duty, made a choice.
She would act. She would create.
And thus, the Snail of the Void was born—a being of spirals and silence, designed to challenge the Dragon and all that he cherished.
So began the fable of love and jealousy, of creation and remembrance, a story written across the very stars.