The Apocalypse. Ragnarok. Armageddon. Whatever the name, the phenomenon was the same: the world, forever changed, if not destroyed.

But it was not the end.

With destruction came rebirth. And with rebirth came the potential for destruction once again.

I didn't understand it. I couldn't understand it.

But I knew one thing.

This time, things would be different.

And if not this time, then the next.

And the next.

And the next.

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