Metal Heart
ions sent ripples over her glass of water, and the faint tremor had an unu
spires, which were previously lifeless, were now lighting faintly, a smooth blue tint
the same scene. His eyes shone brighter than usual, t
his before," Sophia said, her
his tone steady but tinged with s
nquired, turnin
rified, his gaz
, have you ever visible-" He paused mid-sentence to follow her look out t
e are no longer doomed. Ho
d is shaking, and I believe I saw a flock of these bioluminescent birds soaring around in cir
urned her concentration to
his voice low. "it's
wned. "Cal
narrowed as he grew i
at. She did not understand
g behind them. Bioluminescent plants glowed in tones of blue and green, their milder than usual, throwing spooky sh
feels like a scene from a horror film where the throwaway c
" Sophia mumbled, s
se and methodical. The light in his chest puls
ng her pace to match his. "What
ibrates with your presence. It's
" she said, despite h
inquired, st
ruins, their ancient symbols, and dormant technologies, but they had alwa
e
ove them, their surfaces glinting like liquid metal. The symbols engraved int
his tracks. "Nope. No, no, a
the wreckage. She improved, reaching out refl
ame sharper, halting her
him, shock
," he declared,
, her voice calm yet fir
n nodded. "I can not g
eath and positioned h
esight clouded, and for a brief moment, she was no longer standin
l beings on the verge of being introduced. Then she saw a face that was not he
had become now, but something more, his body sparking with
r. Zeta grabbed her, his powerful finger
ee?" he inquire
rt raced. "I... I don't recogniz
uzzing frantically. "Your vitals are spread ar
quivering. "They are alive. They're connec
arm tightened sligh
of dazzling deer-like creatures rushed past, their shouts booming through the undergrowth.
y. "This is terrible." In act
lve hardened. "We want to par
u dead," Adri
oice steely. "They wan
m, her brow furrowin
ze was riveted on the ruins
, resonant sound echoed from the spires.
the sound carrying thr
ame chilly. "Did y
right. "Yeah. And I'm not going
est sparkled brighter. "W
leave this area, and never return. But something str
d. "permi
ls on the dividers flashed up as they passed, their patterns shifting to match
retched excessively over them. In the centre of the roo
cautiously, her
e her. "that is
volved?" She inquired, her
, and a blinding light exploded from the altar. So
to emerge-tall and powerful,
he parent approached, its b
continued, its voice ec
e they could give out.
ts head, leaving it
emembers," it read