Like Imprisonment
The two nigh-omnipotent entities of primordial existence, the dark cloud and the divine light, found themselves traveling back in time. Curiosity overcame the Darkness, beckoning her to inquire from God before they arrived at their first destination.
"Although time is beneath us," recalled the dark essence, "this experience is all new to me. Tell me: how many times have you done this before?"
"Too many to count, in human terms," her divine companion dismissed the inquiry.
"So, about our destination," the former expressed further her curiosity, "will we be interacting with things around us?"
The latter, her younger sibling found himself caught off guard by the question.
"What?" he snapped, "We're not going back through time to alter history or prehistory!"
"So, then, you and I will be observing only?" the older one asked the obvious.
"Yes," the younger one stated harshly, "as temporally warded observers."
A brief pause ensued.
"I'm sorry, Sis," he apologized, "Everything old is new again, even our kinship. I know I shouldn't come across like this, but…"
"It's okay, Brother," the confidante gave words of reassurance to her confidant.
"Like you said," she continued, "we've got billions of years to catch up."
Suddenly, an uncomfortable thought took hold in the mind of the dark essence.
"Speaking of billions of years," she mused, "why do I get the feeling that this prolonged, non-interactive trip has similarities to my very own imprisonment?"
Again, her divine companion found himself caught off guard.
"Just stop right there!" he freaked out, "A little reassurance is in order! First and foremost, you've got more than enough power to get back to the present anytime and drag me back with you! Second, before our confrontation I gave serious thought to being sealed away by you."
"Oh?" pondered the Destroyer.
"In exchange for sparing Creation, of course," cautioned the Creator.
"Go figure," suspired the former.
"Third," added the latter, "much earlier than that, I once considered setting up shop where you yourself were. It's a long story…"
"But one which," interrupted the Darkness, "I'm sure we will see in detail during this trip."
For his part, God dreaded for the time that episode would be observed.
