We occupy a tiny little island of safety and stability, its existence so improbable as to defy all reason. Outside of this speck exist things so outlandishly horrible that your consciousness would splinter should you merely perceive them.
Only through immense expenditure of energy and life are we kept safe, the darkness held at bay. Should peace ever reign, it would flood into this world and consume it. Our blood and sacrifice consecrates the six walls of our ark, maintaining the barrier that conceals and protects us. Should we grow complacent or forget our place for an instant, it would all burn before we could even regret our failures.