The revealed interior, behind my internal veil, scrutinized.
A Second Æthyr.
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“Tell me what you see,” he suggests.
“I see Sky above the white-capped Sound.”
“How does it appear?”
“Like some animal beat the shit out of it. Bruises of cold, blue, steel gun silver clouds. Lower scaping of a hazy, purple mist with undertones of blue and grey interplaying with the rays of occasional sun bursts.”
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Another virus breaking through the ice queen’s firewall.
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“Tell me what you hear.”
“Creaks of cracking support beams, slowly unseaming, internally, above me.”
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Oh him? He’s an emotional support beast. Don’t pet; he will eat your fingers. Fair warning.