## The First Heartbeat The moment which will not end. The name which cannot be named. Beyond comprehension. ## The Second Heartbeat The moment of understanding, in which cause differentiated itself from effect. ## The Third Heartbeat The moment before the moment, in which form differentiated itself from function. ## The Fourth Heartbeat The moment in which *is* became distinct from *is not*. In most cosmologies, the "let there be light" moment. The second known limit of [[Celestial Empress|Her Majesty's]] power. She has not seen further than this. ## The Fifth Heartbeat ## The Sixth Heartbeat ## The Seventh Heartbeat ## The Eighth Heartbeat ## The Ninth Heartbeat ## The Tenth Heartbeat The moment in which distance overcame light. In most cosmologies, the point at which sapient life came onto the scene. The limit of a non-[[Sage]]'s understanding. ## The Eleventh Heartbeat Time as it is conventionally understood.