People possessed a distinct form. They stood on two legs, had two arms, and carried a head on a neck placed on shoulders. This appearance generally identified someone as a person.0

Bipedalism had been a valuable evolutionary trait, recognized in the ecosystem for a long time like quadrupedalism. The liberation of hands from the constraints of walking allowed for the manifestation of will, reflecting the complex flow of thoughts within the skull.1

This development opened a path for communication between the inner and external space, leading the world beyond the limitations of nature to the new supremacy of artifice.0

Of course, in Avartin, the form of people was more diverse. Even outside Avartin, considering the randomness of genetics and the aftermath of mutations, the form itself couldn’t be deemed valuable.0

However, everyone would agree that there existed a form that could be called a person when overlaying the silhouette of every existing individual or when looking at a shadow cast by the rising sun on a mountain ridge.0

From this perspective, the entities pouring down at once, almost like a single organism, had the form of people. Yet they weren’t.0

Hegemonia could closely inspect the jumbled...0