The learning cube spun on the Annunaki childs hand in a colorful dance. Eyrah The Teller, the alien ship AI greets the young pupil. "You want to know about the Time Pillars, of course. I recommend you to start at beginner level and when you feel ready to know more about the universe, you are free to tap into the more advanced knowledge!" The cube spun once more and a holographic screen appeared against the backdrop of a starlit void.

"Think of time like the air we breathe. As long as there's air, we keep living. But if the air runs out, we stop breathing and can't survive. In the same way, our lives keep going because time keeps flowing. If time stops or gets messed up, that's when people die. It's not that people just die on their own; it's because their time has run out or gotten broken."

The First Fracture
J'Ska could feel it before she saw it—the fracture, a ripple in the fabric of reality, stretching across the stars like a jagged wound. The ship's sensors screamed in protest as the anomaly grew, threatening to tear the universe apart at the seams. But this was no ordinary rift; it was something far more dangerous, far more ancient.

"General, the readings are off the charts," Eyrah's voice echoed through the bridge, laced with a rare note of fear. "We've never encountered anything like this. The Temporal Nexus is destabilizing, and if we don't act now, it could unravel the entire timeline."