Weaver

The fabric of creation needs constant care, lest it grow tattered; for when it unravels, whole worlds come undone. It is the work of the Weavers to keep the fabric tight, to repair worn spots in the mesh of reality. They also defend from the things that gnaw and lay their eggs in frayed regions, whose young can quickly devour an entire universe if the Weavers let their attention lapse. Skitskurr was a master Weaver, charged with keeping one small patch of creation tightly woven and unfaded. But the job was not enough to satisfy. It nagged him that the original work of creation all lay in the past; the Loom had done its work and travelled on. He wanted to create rather than merely maintain—to weave worlds of his own devising. He began making small changes to his domain, but the thrill of creation proved addictive, and his strokes became bolder, pulling against the pattern that the Loom had woven. The guardians came, with their scissors, and Weaver's world was pared off, snipped from the cosmic tapestry, which they rewove without him in it. Skitskurr found himself alone, apart from his kind, a state that would have been torment for any other Weaver. But Skitskurr rejoiced, for now he was free. Free to create for himself, to begin anew. The raw materials he needed to weave a new reality were all around him. All he had to do was tear apart this old world at the seams.

創造の生地は劣化しないように定期的に手入れしなければならない。それが解れれば、世界が巻き戻ってしまうからだ。現実という縫目の穴を塞ぎ、その布地をしっかりと保つのがWeaver達の仕事である。また、Weaver達が注意を逸らした隙に生地を噛み切り、解れた箇所に卵を産み付け、宇宙全体を瞬時に飲み込むものから生地を守るのだ。
Skitskurrは熟練のWeaverであり、とある小さな布片の縫目を保ち、解れないようにする役目を任されていた。しかし、その仕事は満足できるものではなかった。布地の存在は創造の作業がすでに完了しているという証拠であり、仕事を終えたLoomはすでに旅立っているのだ。彼は単に維持するのではなく、彼の意志で新しい世界を創造したかったのだ。当初は彼の持ち場での小さな変更だったが、創造の刺激に病み付きになり、彼の創作はLoomが編んだ模様と矛盾するほどに大きくなっていった。The guardiansがやって来てハサミでWeaverの世界を宇宙のタペストリーから切り離し、彼が存在しない形に宇宙を縫い直してしまった。Skitskurrは他のWeaver達の悩みの種として一族から分断され、孤独になった。
しかし、Skitskurrは喜んでいた。自由を手にした。自身の手で新たに創造する自由だ。新しい現実に必要な素材はそこらじゅうにある。まずはこの古い世界の縫目を解すことから始めなければ。