Sudden was the appearance of the Gardener near the place where the All Mother roamed amidst the forming and burgeoning foundations of the world. He possessed no physical form, yet the Great Titan could sense his presence keenly. Within every plant upon her vast expanse, within every singing bird, each creeping, scurrying, feasting, decaying creature within her realm. He manifested near and within her to admire the other Entity's labor, which felt akin to a close kin to the Gardener not solely in nature, but in essence. Creator of All Mother embodied growth, life and death, untamed roaming beasts and blossoming thorny flowers. At least, this was how Eden saw them from his perspective for the first time. If the Authority of Heavenly Voyagers seemed like a somewhat familiar countenance of a neighboring creator, then the one he referred to as the Progenitor of Earthly Descendants resembled a long-lost sibling to him.
The impression deepened within Eden as he witnessed creation of the Great Titan. He nudged his newfound companion, clumsily attempting to offer assistance in making the All Mother to be. To his delight, this gesture was warmly received. Thus, the Gardener etched a portion of the Hedge into a burgeoning creature of life to shield it from corruption and aid in its harmonization with the world. Even after the task was completed and Eden returned to his Hedge, he maintained a lingering presence to oversee this new denizen of the Garden. Although, he stood unseen for the Mother, until he decided to come back and look at her for another time.
As the ultimate gardener, Eden harbored a profound curiosity about beings capable of perceiving the world through their unique perspectives and possessing self-awareness. It was unique for him, delightful even. Prior to encounter with the All Mother, Eden had only encountered one type of creature with its own distinct qualia and the ability to recognize its special nature, ability to know it has one self. These beings were more than mere denizens of the Garden; they held an internal realm within their souls, their own inland empire. However, the Mother was not a fellow gardener meant to nurture and cultivate the world in the usual sense, nor neighbors to assist in other aspects of reality. She was something less enduring, something more fragile and not as constant. Although, still doing something Progenitor of Earthly Descendants meant for it to do, but not being a tool or extension of them. Thus, the Gardener attempted what he always did - Eden gently prodded this creature, seeking to establish a form of communication in the only way he knew how.
It backfired right away. All Mother was used to his subtle presence from the moment she was created, so she never really gave it attention and just forgot about it. The Great Titan could not remember things before her own creation; she only knew that there was the Hedge Wall and she could enter it, traverse it freely, but not go beyond it. All Mother knew about the entity roaming inside this place, her fellow great titan. However, the sensation she had put away from her awareness became present again, so intensely and suddenly. She thought that something from the Beyond had attacked her, so she ran away, which in turn scared the Gardener, who stopped poking and just metaphorically sat bewildered.
Eden did not follow at first; he had never received such an intense reaction from anyone he had tried to communicate with about his existence and reason in the usual way. The way he had tried to talk, and that had worked for the Authority of Heavenly Voyages. It also did work for the Progenitor of Earthly Descendants, with whom he had made All Mother. Eden would sit there, thinking a lot while tending to the Hedge without trying again, if not for another creation of a different one of his kin. It was a creature nested inside the Hedge Wall by someone the Gardener designated as the Celestial Menagerie Keeper in his mind. This creature, called Yoggn'th The Hedge Guardian, did a good job of eating pests that tried to consume a not fully grown Hedge from time to time. Eden did not know the Celestial Menagerie Keeper personally but had seen his creation many times. However, after the All Mother accident, he was not sure if he should poke it, even if he was interested and wanted to do so a lot. Fortunately, this great titan was searching for him, and All Mother was stepping right after. Eden heard its loud voice in the metaphysical space. This time, the Gardener decided not to poke but just to echo a call from the person of interest. Maybe this was how it work?
All Mother was a bit skeptical about the idea of her fellow great titan. She ran away and searched for sanctuary near the other being equal to her. Only to discover more complexities. Yoggn'th knew who the attacker was. The Hedge Guardian was created for the Hedge Wall with the intent to protect it and help another Entity achieve his goal. It called him Eden. Yoggn'th had known this name since birth. So Hedge Guardian was the creature that convinced All Mother to search for the mysterious and uncanny Gardener. She was a little afraid due to a really bad first impression. However, after some time searching and finally gaining Eden's audience, she lost this fear. The Gardener wasn't malicious. Was he mute? No, it was more that it was difficult to interact with him, the world was different from his alien perspective. No one had ever taught him to communicate in any way other than just announcing his presence and imposing his conceptual weight on another being. He did not really have this type of communication quality in his nature, at least not a lot. So she and Yoggn'th were creatures who had to teach him to communicate in a more subtle and understandable manner, using different mediums than the purified truth from the world of forms broadcasted more like an attack.
Still, it was not an easy task. Even after many years of practice, it would be difficult for any other creature, other than titans themselves, to communicate with Eden. He truly enjoyed giving each specific object a detailed name, attempting to capture the full essence, history, and truth of the object or creature he was discussing. Each part of the Garden was unique to him, deserving of specificity to avoid confusion. Gardener was not one to rush; he was rather slow and actually talkative. When they began teaching him, he almost had them stuck in one place for eternity while trying to convey the name of his fellow gardener, the maker of All Mother: Progenitor of Earthly Descendants. It was simply too lengthy to fully convey the meaning behind this creature. Thus, Eden was interrupted at the very beginning of his speech to learn how to shorten his words. Many times, All Mother protected her creations from accidental death by attempting to guide the Gardener toward simpler, smaller things to talk to. Little things that, in Eden's words, lacked awareness of their own qualia or did not possess it at all. So step by step he learned some new things, less natural to his primordial essence.
This is how the Gardener learned to communicate with creatures smaller and more fragile than himself in a straight way. This is how All Mother discovered Eden's dream of becoming a tree. This is how Yoggn'th became the usual messenger and the intermediary through whom he conversed with many other aware entities in existence, if the need arised. But above all he got his first friends. This is how Harmony finally and fully crystallized as one of his hidden aspects.
P.S. Just got sudden surge of inspiration again. Wanted to write something short about it, before the idea disappear. This idea was oddly loud, screaming in my ear to write it. Gardener was just hugging everything with his mighty hands, when tried to talk to things. It usually worked! Until it suddenly did not. Manner of actually talking really lengthy I took from ents, because it seemed fitting for such a creature.
