The ground shook with guttural fury as it pressed against adjacent landmasses. The sky, seared a vivid orange, was dense with the noxious gasses emanating from the surface. Viscous residue slid across the rocks and congealed, scorched by the ambient heat.

In all of this, however, invisible bits of matter had come together. Mired in the ooze, they had collected by happenstance and added to their mass, forming a larger bit just like the smaller ones.

Through this growth, the groups of matter had created needs of energy, which in turn had spurred the development of limited sustaining functions for its intake and processing.

Two particular groups, with abnormally high functional capacity, were then drifting in each other’s direction. Their combination would result in the most complex organism in existence, prompting a metamorphosis of function beyond mere energy intake toward producing their own viable substances for growth – an organism far greater than the sum of its parts.

Sadly, nothing happened.