The Old Man did not care in the least what the humans and cats on the ground were doing.
The enormous black sphere still pulsed like a heart, except its heartbeat was now much more distinct. As the two Gods silently faced each other, everything seemed to be racing by at high speed on an invisible level.
Suddenly, the war-drum-like heartbeat stopped. Like slamming on the brakes, it left an uncomfortable feeling, and then the Old Man's voice came from within the giant black egg:
"In the end, you are still human."
He was speaking to Elaine. It should have been a statement of fact, yet it seemed to carry another meaning as well.
Elaine, dressed in a school uniform—a little blazer on top, a short skirt and knee socks below—shook her head. Her black hair Flitted in the wind, while the white holy light around her grew ever richer. "There's nothing bad about being human. At least it's quite interesting." She glanced at Deathstroke and Deadpool on the ground from the corner of her eye and smiled before continuing. "I once saw an Eastern saying online: Man Will Conquer Nature. I think it makes a great deal of sense, and the fact that I am here today proves it even more."
Her old family could not afford a smartphone, though that had had its benefits.
While her classmates watched short videos and movies, friendless as she was, she could quietly read with her old-fashioned phone. That gave her a considerable store of knowledge back when she had still been human.
Although she had also absorbed some of the dross of human culture, the wisdom of the ancients still had value. Especially after learning her true identity, becoming a God in New Heaven, and creating Genesis, she had come to