[ WP ] There is actually a god , but it is unlike any religion 's god .

In each new universe she would tweak the settings ever so slightly. Tweaks that would n't even be noticeable unless you knew *exactly* what to look for. 
 
 A tiny reduction here, a slight increase there. Perhaps in this universe it would be a millisecond off the speed of light. Or maybe a nanoscopic change to the gravitational ratio. No, this time she would simply add in a *drop* more nitrogen. 
 
 She took pleasure in her job. The foremost reason was being able to watch the results of her labour take on a life of their own. She would observe in silent awe as gasses coalesced and created solid, compact masses. She would watch as these masses spun dizzyingly around giant clumps of gas, which in turn danced around great dark pockets. It was like watching an elemental ballet play out before her. Like it was being performed just for her. 
 
 She had created a million universes and each was as different to the last as a dream is to reality. She added the last drop of nitrogen. There was a tiny blast. The gasses began to unfurl, their wisp like arms reaching out in an exploratory gesture. She wondered what secrets this universe had to share with her. 
 
 -- -- -- -- 
 
 This was unexpected. Life. She could not have predicted it. 
 
 These creatures were not dissimilar to herself and yet they were completely incomparable. She watched on with fascination as the creatures changed and developed. As they began to think - and then as they began to think abstractly. She watched as they theorised a creator. Her. 
 
 They *prayed* to her. Her heart bled as they fought in her name. Killed in her name. They learned to travel from rock to rock. They abandoned forever their own rock which had been pocketed by craters and polluted by toxins. They colonised other blue rocks but no rock ever lasted long. The creatures spread through the universe like a plague. They broke off into factions and fought and killed. And they fought and killed. 
 
 Eventually the prayers stopped. 
 
 Eventually everything stopped. 
 
 She vowed this was the last universe she would create. 

