Lumière (The Illumination Paradox)
“A metal staircase extends from the lip of the hole beside me, folded up like a set of bellows. Rusty chains form a handrail. Metal treads serve as steps. The whole thing hangs suspended mid-air, from a set of cables anchored to the stone slab ceiling.
That must be how he got down there. The steps must extend.
Urlick drops his heads into a crib of tools and starts digging. I make my move. With the stealth of a cat, I edge carefully out onto the top of the suspended staircase.
Urlick ...lifts his head and I lower mine. His eyes slowly scan the room.
I suck in a breath and keep very still.
He stalks across the floor, lighting a sconce on the wall with the new gaslight in his hand, then he walks around the perimeter lighting the rest. Slowly the room hisses to life, revealing the most beguiling inventions I’ve ever seen.
Strange-looking mechanical bugs of every shape and size cling to row upon row of automated flowers—a garden full of them.MoreLess
That must be how he got down there. The steps must extend.
Urlick drops his heads into a crib of tools and starts digging. I make my move. With the stealth of a cat, I edge carefully out onto the top of the suspended staircase.
Urlick ...lifts his head and I lower mine. His eyes slowly scan the room.
I suck in a breath and keep very still.
He stalks across the floor, lighting a sconce on the wall with the new gaslight in his hand, then he walks around the perimeter lighting the rest. Slowly the room hisses to life, revealing the most beguiling inventions I’ve ever seen.
Strange-looking mechanical bugs of every shape and size cling to row upon row of automated flowers—a garden full of them.MoreLess
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