If anything sentient were around it would marveled and questioned, but only the unfeeling elements witnessed the emergence of the Beings.
If the elements could gaze their gaze would remain unmet as the Beings came not to watch but to reclaim.
If anyone or anything could choose to stand in their path the Beings would still advance at their own, glacial, unstoppable pace.
2022, AI-assisted 4K digital painting.