With each successive generation, the Aati expanded their influence both globally and trans-dimensionally ever further, creating villages that faded faster than they grew, only to rebloom into even larger towns and cities. The land itself responded well to their agricultural prowess, as even the temperate weather of their home-worlds seemed to follow them wherever they went. The hostile environment of the eastern Mediterranean, for example, was transformed within centuries into a sun-drenched wonderland on several earths-- “a string of emeralds from Jicheng to the Kasvan Sea.”^1.

Due to their pathological need to self-assimilate into other more well-established societies, it is difficult to estimate the range and scale of Aati influence throughout history. There is little record of identifiable Aati culture of any kind prior to their appearance in the histories of other peoples and there is no evidence of art or scientific advancement at all.

By tracking population dispersions through DNA migration, modern estimates suggest that at their height of influence, two-thirds of all known realities had significant telepathic (Aati) populations. Today, evidence of Aati DNA can be found everywhere, from the corner astrologer to the corporate raider to that intuition you never doubt when meeting someone for the first time.

The empathic ability to sense thoughts and emotions is a character-defining trait, as it forces one to consciously either accept or dismiss the “raw truth” of people. Language can be manipulated in a way that pure feeling cannot, and it is without question an immense part of how the Aati managed to keep the peace for so long. It is difficult to fully comprehend a period of time lasting thousands of years where war and hostility were unknown concepts, but astoundingly, there is virtually no record of any extended or far-ranging hostilities between any earths or inter-earth populations throughout the golden age known as the Great Humanuum.

Worlds originally settled during this time tend to be much better managed in the present, regardless of their intermittent struggles along the way. While few escaped the evolution of modern warfare altogether, those that had learned to manage both the land and themselves at a young age—often attributable to Aati influence, or infiltration, as it were--were far more capable and responsible once given newer, more dangerous tools to work with. They maintained far healthier living environments, and on average lived 20-25% longer than belligerent types.

The Aati, while nomadic, were not nomads, they were seasoned farmers with a mission to plow new fields and meet new people. They never abandoned their fields, instead they invited newcomers to stay for awhile, then one day just picked up and moved on. The new owners would usually find fully stocked larders awaiting them. In turn, the emigrants packed their own stores for the road, which they would then add to the already overflowing larder of their new homes.

The great migrations would not continue forever. As the Aati disseminated throughout the Humanuum, diluting their line as they integrated with other populations, the nomadic drive dissipated as well. Unfortunately, their intuitive abilities began to fade as well, with more traditional power struggles re-emerging everywhere. Sadly, it looked as if the Humanuum would not be able to avoid its troubled adolescence after all. Yet, for a few brief millennia, humanity mingled, realities commingled, and the flow murmured peacefully through trillions of worlds.