Conditional Reality

We woke to our city disappeared. Where houses and high rises once stood we found only rectangular holes marking the locations of lower levels and basements. Torrential rains arrived and filled the holes. Powerful winds from the sea blew in unobstructed and deposited tiny sea creatures in the newly created pools. We saw what was coming and got out of town before evolution got into high gear. Years later, after we had built lives elsewhere, we returned to our city for a visit. The water creatures had attained significant mass. They spent much of their time squabbling about living arrangements.