Too Late. It's Hatched.

These Books Are My Friends, My Companions.

....avoid Roasted Cabbage, Do Not Eat Earwax, And Look On The Bright Side Of Life!" -angela

I Cannot Prove That Gods Do Not Exist. Nor Can I Prove That The World And Everything In It Was Not Created By An Entity Or Entities In The Distant Past. But I Can Tell You That In The Millennia We Elves Have Studied Nature, We Have Never Witnessed An Instance Where The Rules That Govern The World Have Been Broken. That Is, We Have Never Seen A Miracle. Many Events Have Defied Our Ability To Explain, But We Are Convinced That We Failed Because We Are Still Woefully Ignorant About The Universe And Not Because A Deity Altered The Workings Of Nature.

...even The Smallest Of The Starlings' Concerns Grew In Importance Until It Seemed Equal To The Worries Of Kings.

But Ask Yourself This Eragon: If Gods Exist, Have They Been Good Custodians Of Alagaesia? Death, Sickness, Poverty, Tyranny And Countless Other Miseries Stalk The Land. If This Is The Handiwork Of Divine Beings, Then They Are To Be Rebelled Against And Overthrown, Not Given Obeisance, Obedience, And Reverance.