Nebular

Deep within the realm of the stars lies a beast.  He is an ancient being, crafted from the darkness that was the face of the deep, before man became man and the earth and sky were without form.  When the light came, separating night from day and the light from the dark, that is when he was born.  Fashioned out of scattered pieces of the heavens, built by the hands of the divine.  The Creator breathed life into what had been designed and the beast came to life, shaking a mighty head and splashing the waters of the firmament around his feet.  Opening his great mouth to yawn, he settled down to watch as a World was built around him, a single World where only a void had once resided.  The waters of land and sky were divided, giving name to Earth and Heaven.  Stars filled in the empty places of the night.  The Hand took up a brush and painted the world with Color, adding red, gold, silver, and many others to the blank pages until at last, it was finished.  

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