Bwahah! The man who whispers with fruitfish should pass to history, or at least be written on a t-shirt with the Bananafish logo..
Calluna, our queen of the seas where bananafish schools swim joyful against the sunset. You panicked a bit on the judgment criteria, didn't you? But honestly all I see here is a wonderful story, with a clever dialogue and some philosophical gems like:

There is no line between creator, created, for each begot the other, yet there, with your designs, you have drawn one.

The final sentence is powerful.
The dialectic resistence of Ethan till the end is human and poignant.
In general, you came out from a prompt dense with metaphisic implications in a very elegant way. You created a pleasant story with original dialogues and a message of renewal. With my compliments, magistra Calluna.