If one more soul entered the world, the universe would explode.
Tavernor's thought is lost as the universe explodes into chaos around him.
Just long enough so the other universe explodes.
Then the universe exploded around her, and she saw and heard nothing more.
Then his universe exploded with all the force of Merry's bomb.
We know that the universe exploded into being 15 billion years ago, give or take a fistful of billions, and has been expanding ever since.
So to the eyes of men, the universe exploded from a single point because of what would happen, not what had.
"There was not a pre-existing space in which the universe exploded."
And our universe will explode in a burst of Storyteller frustration!
The universe explodes and starts up all over again, new-and different!