Over time, the vessels became more and more like intelligent lifeforms. From emotionless statues with no trace of life, they evolved into fully developed beings, capable of speech and self-expression.
He saw them all as experiments.
But what about them?
The being who saved them.
The one who achieved the impossible and gave them a second life.
A presence of such profound wisdom, they had never witnessed anything like it before.
Some were grateful.
Others were awestruck by his strange power. Some revered his boundless intellect.
One way or another, all of them developed complex emotions toward this emotionless entity.
But he didn't stop.
He traveled from planet to planet, from civilization to civilization.
He absorbed everything he could from each land he set foot on, only to leave once he had learned all there was to learn.
As centuries passed, the story repeated itself countless times.
"They say he was unbelievably powerful."