Speak to Me
Starwoven: A Story in Verse - Chapter 3
SPEAK TO ME Echo … lifeless green flash or imagined needing it to be real life goes on voice among the stars or not No. it meant something Poppy would know Poppy always knew maybe Do Not Disturb heavier than usual EchoHub she’d do it herself access panel open small nudge deep breath Click! pulse of light yellow blue green Green! something had answered three days to prove
high above neural archives GAP already knew silence a beat then— She’s a child.
whooshed whooshed again first a sibling second … Mum pointed steps cleared throat surprise Zophia’s frame silhouetted by sterile light Red thoughts splintered Zophia sharp breath rigid … chasing what you cannot understand. Red studied her You don’t get to tell me. Zophia reached back fought memory Be there. then gone Red sat breath hitched afraid to touch failing circuits wishful thinking Echo— gone the universe heavy suffocating let it settle let it crush let it threaten but— she pushed back Speak to me. her reflection wide-eyed defiant small but not silent not alone I will find you.
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