by Ethan Womack (Hawk Eye)

Introduction

I didn’t set out to build an empire.

I set out to survive.

What you now see as Omniversal Media,

what you may know as EverLight,

what might one day be called a turning point for humanity,

all began with a boy who was told he was broken.

But what if the system was wrong?

What if I wasn’t delusional—

but simply early?

2004: The Inception of the Flame

I was 14.

And like many kids born into spiritual sensitivity in a world hellbent on sterilizing soul,

I had no words for what I felt—only that it was unjust, and sinister.

That year, under false pretenses, I was taken to a doctor—not for healing, but for control.

When I resisted, when I asserted my sovereignty, they escalated.

A kicked plastic chair became justification for my first involuntary hold.