All Before Everything By Anony-Novel

The Xenith: "First" Dimension

The Thread of the First Dimension

The Xenith’s first action was to set this dimension into existence. "This is the point where movement may occur, and where rest may cease to be absolute." The line stretched infinitely. It had no width or height only a forward and backward flow that marked the barest possibility of motion. Yet even this dimension carried within it the seeds of endless potential.

The Xenith made no declarations, nor did it contemplate what this dimension might become. It simply let the first rule settle:

"Between any two points, a path exists."

And so, the dimension began to take its first, unthinking breath. For the first time, movement was born not as an action, but as a possibility. A point could move to another along the line, establishing a relationship between distance and position. This was the birth of space, though in its simplest and most rudimentary form. The dimension itself did not yet know objects, shapes, or events. It was nothing more than an infinite line upon which things might happen.

The Law of Infinite Extension

As the first dimension lay in the void, it began to stretch not physically, for there was nothing physical about it. Rather, it extended in the abstract sense, folding endlessly upon itself. Even though there was only one line, it seemed to repeat across itself in an endless manner one part of the line reflected another, though they were the same.

The Xenith imposed the Law of Infinite Extension, declaring:
"In one dimension, every step toward the infinite is always met with more distance."

This ensured that the line would remain endless no matter how far one traveled along it. A single point, no matter how fast it moved, could never reach the end of the line for the line had no true end. Every measurement, every attempt to traverse it, would result only in more movement. It was both simple and infinitely complex.

The Xenith had now established a space where motion could happen forever without resolution. The line extended endlessly in both directions, promising movement without destination forever becoming, never arriving.

For a time though not yet in the sense that time existed the first dimension remained in stillness. Points could move along it, yet no points had yet come to be. This was a space full of possibilities but without anything to act upon those possibilities. The Xenith let the dimension remain untouched, observing without intention, watching without care.

Then, without prompt, a shift occurred. A single point manifested an entity born without awareness, a mark upon the line. It was not alive, not dead, not even conscious. It merely was. And in the stillness, this point hovered, perfectly balanced in place. The Xenith had given the dimension the capacity for motion, and now the first point faced its first dilemma: to move or not to move?

There was no force compelling it to act only the silent possibility of forward or backward motion. The point, a tiny spark of potential, drifted along the line, slowly at first, then faster, tracing its path endlessly. It left no trail, and yet, by moving, it defined the dimension more clearly.

This was the first movement a thing without purpose or origin. The point moved not because it wanted to but because it could. And in doing so, it shaped the dimension. Every moment of motion reaffirmed the law that a path existed between any two points. The point’s existence was simple, yet it introduced complexity: where it was and where it would go became a new question.

The Birth of Distance and Relation
The Xenith observed as another shift unfolded naturally from the dimension. With the movement of the first point, distance was born not as a measurement, but as a relationship.