to put things in perspective
The boy whose creations would later deem as their deity decided to leave his palace in the sky one day so that he could better survey all that he had made. "Look over things in my absence," he told his trusted seraphs and though they only nodded meekly and swore themselves dutifully to his command that day, they were always under the impression that their charge was only temporary and that someday their beloved maker would return.