Green Flash
Starwoven: A Story in Verse - Chapter 1
Green Flash drifting through space in three days they would arrive in three days she would be … lost frigid pneumatic whoosh Red … alone chill prickled her skin she curled soundless the quiet stillness closing in on its prey quiet settled like dust on an airless moon explorer’s heart magneto boots lumina tiles following in rhythm she stretched pressed her palm to a cool touch beyond the hollow of space You have to listen to be heard. words floated through memory on the other side her voice already swallowed by the abyss Echo— her beacon to hidden worlds— lit up also with the hope of connecting … she believed Whatever. sometimes hopes waned hope for the stars to crack open spill secrets drawing her toward something unseen isolation was extinction connection … survival Echo hummed a whisper of static a flicker slammed into her ribs suddenly a verdant glow flickering like a heartbeat then— gone crushing silence Echo dimmed fingers hovered numb dark silent loss thick and immovable Red’s thoughts froze What had just happened?
