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On the nineteenth day, when the earth was almost completely covered, she begged me to rest, telling me that there was nothing I could do. After forty days and nights the sky finally began to clear. Several messengers were sent out in the form of birds to survey the earth. The news they returned with was good. The Children of Angels had all been wiped out. Only a fraction of their blood had survived in those families that had survived. Among the survivors were the families and animals of Mannus, Thraetona, Targytagus, Deucalion, Noah, Salivahana, Xisuthrus
As the list went on, I closed my eyes and fell asleep with the arm of my Queen around me. I slept soundly, dreaming of the future of mankind. Already, delegations were being sent out to supply the survivors with tools necessary for survival. As my spirit flew over the surface of the earth, surveying the damage done to it, I felt sorrow for those species that had not survived the flood. But enough humans and beasts had survived to reestablish a stable ecosystem. The belief that they had survived because they were superior to nature and the world would become a part of their racial consciousness. The rituals and words said by each group's leader would be forever ingrained into the minds of their descendants. Competition between rival groups would begin with violent confrontations that could only lead to eventual annihilation. Only the most cunning and strong would survive. But these are the instincts given to those that are the children of Cain, who would - through my power - eventually control the destiny of a conscious race. I had much to plan; I needed to rest.
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