Why should one uplift another?

What does each gain from the other?

How does barter and knowledge flow?

What makes civilization grow?

How do masters impart learning?

What keeps progress always churning?

The ancient desert tells these truths.

The evidence of distant roots

Knowledge passed from the lesser gods

To serve their interests far abroad

To teach the civilizing skills

And speed the structures nature builds

Exchanged for metals, food, and more

Explaining patterns to explore

Ritual secrets serve their system

Hiding sources of their wisdom

Primitives when they first appear

Umanu when awareness nears

Self-sufficient before they leave

Elohim's tale-if you believe.