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Part 11-The Process of Evolution

So, if matter-based beings cannot gain abilities on their own, than how could they have survived?

Well, since energy was being converted into matter, their forms remained somewhat similar. And as they already had a way to interact with energy, they just needed a way of getting it.

There were already fields of many plants in the many worlds.. Filled with energy. So it was as simple as.. eating the plants.

...Yes, our civilization got those traits first. Because we didn't start from scratch like your world did. In fact, we essentially now had ALL of the needs of a physical form of life. All drawbacks of either being made only of matter, or not being able to use magic, which is a result of being made only of matter. And we had essentially no way of using magic anymore, meaning we could no longer expand the Light and create new worlds. The Cascade, as a result, began to slow down..

But it wasn't entirely over. Sure, we couldn't create any new worlds, but the Light of the Source was still doing work on its own. However, the speed went back to how it was BEFORE life arose.

Oh, and remember those Heartless? They began to multiply.