The Goggles
Starwoven: A Story in Verse - Chapter 4
THE GOGGLES Ti Tayme future of humanity three days ‘til docking tick-tock palpable energy Origins—first to awake GenOnes— offspring born enroute buzzing Talamh Ru— a new home … for some Red growing unease tick-tock bustling mall hovolators moving people air swirled stop— she saw it AR goggles! augmented reality able to see what she already felt a living tapestry the cosmos Tera she had a pair Tera smack dab in the middle of puberty Red doubted hurried home Tera’s room clutter everywhere untouched the goggle case a voice too close she froze Okay, baby GAGA… Tera taunted Red Don’t call me that! GAGA12 Red— youngest of twelve Tera teased swiftly stern Red caught red-handed goggle case in hands heart pounding Please. Your stupid stars again? words stabbed Red stiffened eyes locked I thought you understood. Tera heartbeat in sympathy Take them. surrendered admired her sister the stars were calling Red fingers reaching … if they didn’t work? she needed to know tingling within her world shifted her room breathed a living weave of fibers alive whispering secrets to each other one magnificent extraordinary view What would she see in space?
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