the bone-white cathedral grew from equations i carved into ancient redwoods. each staircase solved a different theorem, spiraling up through dimensional folds where scientists sought refuge from saturn's geometric guardians. my brush trembled as i painted these lost souls, drawn to the mathematical sanctuary like moths to cosmic flame. the way they gathered at its base, their forms barely more substantial than morning fog, revealed how thoroughly they had been transformed by their escape through time. some still wore the formal clothes of their era, but their bodies had begun dissolving into pure theory.