"I think I'd have better luck explaining gimbal rotation to a Gleep," Stork muttered. Strangely, for all his race's fascination with mortality, they were surprisingly fuzzy on the details of what, if anything, came after.

"The only thing I can think of, is that Atmosian legend says that the world was created in a giant storm that tore the planet up, and that's what created the terras. The general belief is that the world will go out the same way."