He created mountains and rivers, wrote the rules, shaped dozens of souls, then sent an invitation to a closed beta to Earth.
The players thought it was a full-dive virtual reality game. The NPCs believed they were free. No one knew that every “free choice” they made was feeding this world.
And he sat upon his throne in the void, watching each person on the chessboard, each with their own agenda, make the move they believed they had chosen for themselves.
