Taiki, by comparison, is much less enticing a jungle gym- though a few of the more easily-intimidated bundles of joy were beginning to congregate around him- or, more accurately, behind him, a state of affairs he didn't begrudge them. "The first time, yes, at least as far as I remember." Here, at least, he was on more solid ground. The events occurring around the world seemed to be a fair constant.

"I started noticing unseasonal or... simply strange weather. Blistering heat waves in the middle of winter, torrential downpours in the middle of the desert, that sort of thing. But other disasters soon began. Earthquakes, meteor showers..." And that had been a heart attack in itself. Happily, the sky had not burned like it had in the Final Days, and there'd been no Blasphemies. "Coastal regions subjected to dramatic tides, volcanic activity. Like the very star itself was falling to chaos." Again. "It wasn't long until I'd received the same message I'm given to understand we all did. 'Would you like to save your world?' I could hardly refuse, now, could I?"