I left the deities and returned to the planet. The organisms were thriving, but I didn’t want to wait for them to evolve. I took a few of them and made them bigger and more complicated than the others. They would quickly eliminate the competition for food and rule the planet. That single change saved me from waiting a few million years, when the lifeforms would have naturally progressed to that stage.

The organisms weren’t identical, of course. I wanted some diversity on my planet. They all had slight differences in their DNA. Some of them would prosper while others died out. Then their descendants would develop their own characteristics. Over time, I would have a large selection of beings to interact with.

When I returned to the deities, I found out that they had named themselves. The original went by Primis now, and the others were called Celeritas, Viribus, Aqua, Ars, Magus and Exitium. That was good. I was getting tired of calling Primis ‘the first’, and having no form of identification of the other six. Now we could have some proper conversations.

I thought about talking to the deities, but they were having an interesting discussion with an even more interesting topic; me. Mostly, they were asking Primis what he knew about me, and theorizing what they were supposed to do when they finished exploring the Universe.

“Do you know anything else?” -Aqua

“Again, I’ve told you everything I know,” -Primis

“I still don’t understand what we’re supposed to do,” -Viribus

“We have to help Primis explore the Universe,” -Celeritas

“No, I mean after that, what do we do?” -Viribus

“I have no idea,” -Ars

“Do you know, Primis?” -Magus

“For the last time, no!” -Primis

This continued for some time. It’s weird, how they ask things that only I have the answer to, when I’m right here! Oh, right. I don’t have a body, so they don’t know I’m here. Ah, whatever. It’s fun to watch them scream in frustration.