You can ' t have a Gotham without a big bad bat <| sep |> To answer this question I need to go into the metaphysics of my world a bit . My fake reality is entirely composed of two , shall we call them building blocks . There is Aether , which is essentially completely random noise , and Tellure , best described as a force which nullifies the Aether . This doesn ' t take place instantly , but as the two meet , the random noise begins to lose its randomness , becoming ever more organised . This is how space , time , matter , consciousness etc . are created in my world . Of course , this won ' t last forever . The Aether will be gradually nullified , and the universe will decrease in complexity and fade into nothingness . I have no idea why I thought this up , really . If I were to publish my project , this will be included in a Tome of Forbidden Knowledge , as mortals will never figure it out .