His smile grew melancholic.
"This view of Determinism suggests that Observable Existence operates like a grand mechanism, each part moving according to laws that were established at the moment of THE First Cause. Every Embodiment we speak, every Apophasis we declare, every word you say, Osmont... all of it merely the unfolding of patterns that were set in motion eons before any of us existed to perceive them."
He paused.
"And yet."
His eyes grew sharper.
"There are phenomena that challenge this understanding. The undifferentiation of THE Prima Indifferentia introduces randomness that defies prediction. The proto-matter that floods across Observable Existence at this very moment carries potential that cannot be calculated in advance. At the most fundamental level of reality, events occur not according to fixed laws but according to probabilities that resolve only when observation forces them to choose a state."
He turned to face Noah directly.
