in the beginning

Genefish 1

¹First there was Cod. ²Before all things that lived, there was Cod. ³And Cod swam the Cosmic Ocean for an eternity before time even existed.

⁴Finally, Cod grew tired of solitude, ⁵and with a mutter of "sod this," ⁶Cod set to work creating things to make his swim more interesting.

⁷Cod wave his fins, ⁸and from the Cosmic Ocean there emerged light. ⁹Cod divided the light ¹⁰into millions of shining stars ¹¹and placed them according to an article in the latest Gods & Demiurges magazine.

¹²Something about good Feng Shui.

¹³And with a sigh of relief, ¹⁴Cod played with all his shiny stars, ¹⁵still in solitude.

¹⁶But at least he had shinies now.