Past Eve and Adam's
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- Adam and Eve from the Old Testament, the beginning of history. According to Judaeo-Christian legend, Adam and Eve are the original parents of human civilization; HCE and ALP can be also thought of as the prototypical parents in FW.
Eve & Adams: "Even atoms". Atoms are the primordial particles from which the universe and all life in it comes in Epicurean philosophy. Hence: riverrun past Eve and Adams: "they will arrive (italian) beyond even (i.e. straight) atoms". Cf. Wallstrait.
'Eve' means 'living one', ie life. (Livia)