Eveborn
Ater the birth of the Noonborn, 100 more years passed. Because the other eggs all hatched 100 years apart, Higoo expected that the fourth egg would hatch that year. However, it did not. Five more years passed, then ten, and then 25 and it still hadn't hatched. Being an eternal being, waiting wasn't a problem for her, but she began wondering if something was wrong with the egg. She decided to take the egg to a SEER whom she heard lived near another star. To do this, however, she would have to leave the fifth, unhatched egg in the nest on its own. She decided to leave the egg in the care of the Dawnborn and Noonborn were still nearby, and would get back as quickly as possible.
So she went to visit the Seer. Using his powers, the Seer peered through the egg's shell and stumbled back, aghast. Higoo asked what was wrong. The Seer answered that nothing was wrong with the egg itself, but gave Higoo a warning. "There are two more that will be born from this egg" he said. "They are healthy, but will change the world for good and for bad." Higoo asked, what she could do, but the Seer said, "It is not for us to decide. Fate must prevail."
Higoo took the egg back, now, not worried about its health, but about its impact on the world. But when she returned to the nest, she saw that the fifth egg was missing! She searched all around the mountain top, but did not see it.
Higoo grieved and grieved the loss of her egg for another 100 years. Eventually, the vibrations from her loud shrieking sent cracks up and down the fourth egg. From the inside Brê and Ça emerged, holding their ears for they had to listen to the wailing for the last century. So, as soon as they emerged from the egg, they ran off into the twilight never speaking to Higoo at all. Higoo named them the Eveborn and, having lost all of her children, died, broken-hearted on the top of the mountain.
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