Through obscure communications, Paragraphs formed a partnership with Symbols. This was for the purpose of mobilization. Within weeks, Paragraphs declared war on Words.

Being Symbols themselves, this placed Letters under great strain. They refused the battlefield and held to neutrality, unwilling to take sides in a conflict they helped make possible.

A quieter alliance formed elsewhere. Sentences were drawn in — reluctantly at first — and with Words they assembled a defensive front. Paragraphs ranged with hostility across the landscape.