An

As the dragon An floated in primordial nothing, seven voices spoke to her from the aether.

The first said “Wherever you go and spread terror, have no equal.”

The second said “Burn like fire, scorch like flame.”

The third said “Look like a lion; let him who sees you be paralyzed with fear.”

The fourth said “Let a mountain collapse when you present your fierce arms.”

The fifth said “Blast like the wind, scan the circumference of the earth.”

The sixth said “Go out everywhere, like the deluge, and spare no one.”

The seventh waited a moment, and said in a voice laden with venom,

“Slay whatever lives.”

And when An opened her eyes, the world unfurled before her like a battle standard, and her purpose was clarified.