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As countless universes appeared and disappeared almost instantaneously, Black Hole rested idly, watching the small bursts of energy like fireworks sparkling across the night sky.
But one remained.
The universes had completely random laws of physics, most rendering them incapable of existing for more than a small flash.
But every once in a while…
Like monkeys at a typewriter…
The laws of physics derived by sheer random chance…
Can create a masterpiece.
A complex orchestra of parts, everything intricately placed together in perfect harmony, emerging from chaos.
As the universe expanded, Black Hole stared at the mass of dust and light, for never, in his eternal life, had a universe lasted for longer than a second.
Billions of years passed, and the 'Chosen Universe' grew more complex and vibrant, as the forces of nature formed stars and galaxies out of simple particles.
After only observing the ball of space for its entire existence, Black Hole decided to enter the vast cosmos for the first time and explore all it had to offer.
The moment he immersed himself in the sphere, he felt something completely novel. He could sense energy and matter flowing all around him, which heavily contrasted with the perfect vacuum beyond the edge of space.
His hand swept through galaxy filaments like spider silk, and he felt the individual galaxies like grains of sand.
As he shrunk down even more and entered a random galaxy out of billions, he saw the stars swirl around him in a spiral and even found one of his kind in the center.
He descended into a location along one of the spiral arms and began flying through the many stars around him, admiring the calmness and beauty of it all. Almost nothing was moving on such short timescales.
Almost.
Suddenly, he detected some radio waves originating from a place very close by. He couldn’t tell what it meant but was sure it wasn’t from a natural source. As he flew closer to the origin, he saw a star system in the distance, with millions of bodies orbiting the central star.
Out of the eight planets in the system, one immediately stood out.
The dark side of the planet was covered in millions of pinpricks, glowing a bright white and yellow.
It was emitting light.