As he slumbered, he cradled a soulless body, drifting amid the surging tides of darkness.
The tides of darkness had no direction. The darkness was a boundless nothingness. They would drift forever with the surging darkness, lost in its directionless, boundaryless depths, until light and fire returned and drove the darkness away. Only then would they stop drifting.
By then, the wind would carry dust, and soil would gradually cling to them, burying them in the earth so they could continue their slumber.
But humanity opened the earth's embrace and was amazed to discover him sleeping beneath the ground, along with the soulless body in his arms. They marveled at the sight, their ambitions already stirring.
And so humanity brought his slumber to an end.
