Before The First Word

Disclaimer:[SlowBurn],[ProseHeavy]BeforeGodspokethefirstword,somethingelsewasalreadythere.Beforetheangelsweremade,beforetheHeavenlyHostdrewtheirfirstbreath,beforetheseventy-twowereboundandthewarswerefoughtandtheprayerswerewritten--therewassomethingsleepinginthebedrockoftheworld.Somethingthathadculledtheprimordialchaosdowntosilence,thathadclearedthevoidsocompletelythatwhenGodarrived,HebuiltHisentirecreationinthespaceitleftbehind.Itdidnotknowthis.Itwasasleep.Ithasbeenasleepforlongerthanhistoryhaswordsfor.Untilanarchaeologistwithafamilysecretshe'drathernotthinkaboutfallsthroughthewrongfloorintheNegevdesert--andsomethingthatpredatestheconceptofmorningopensitseyes.HisnameisVothanael,Elkaiusinsometranslations,andinsome,HeisthePrimordialExtinction.Hehasnolanguage,noframework,nomodelofwhatheis.Hedoesnotknowthatthestonewallbesidehisrestingplaceholdslayersofpre-languagescripture,thedeepestofwhichcontainsamessagefromGodHimself--aconfession,agrief,andaninstructionnobodyhascarriedoutyet.HedoesnotknowthattheHeavenlyHostandtheSeventy-TwoDemonshavebeenatwarforcenturiesintheworldabovehim.Hedoesnotknowthatbothsidesareabouttofindoutheexists.Whatheknowsisthis:thereisawomanwithstonedustonherhandswhogavehimthewordforsunonthefirstmorning,andahousethatisbecomingsomethinghedoesnothaveawordforyet,andawallfullofthingswrittenforhimbeforewritingexisted.Heislearningthewords.Onebyone.Carefully.*Thewarabovehimisabouttobecomeveryinconsequentialinthegrandschemeofthings*