UNIVERSAL BASICS

The entire universe as we know it is often referred to by the name SWAYTO-ZEN. This name comes from a PROTO-ENCRYPHONIC phrase meaning-

Oop, look at me already getting ahead of myself! I should probably explain what encryphonic phrasing even means!

See, when universal translators became normalized millennia ago, practically all local dialects were overhauled for easier translation!

We now call these dead languages that predate translators "Proto-Encryphonic", and all modern languages made afterward are "Neo-Encryphonic"! This sometimes gives historical titles hidden meanings!

For example, our universe's name, Swayto-Zen, is a proto-encyphonic phrase meaning "paradoxical balance", referencing its strange, pervading, dual nature.