The Earth gasped and the sky darkened. Those far from the center felt tremors as a veil covered the sun. We felt his thirst and the ache of a broken heart as the final matters were tended. “Brother, this is your mother; woman, this your son.” The darkness came suddenly and enveloped us all. “Why have you forsaken me?” It was the end, but also a beginning of a new nature. Three days’ passing shown forth the light once more, breaking the thick fog of pollution to offer clarity and contrast. The reckless flash bears the unmistakable signature of its commissioner, rendering the night’s claim on humanity’s inhabitants void.