Noir
“Embers belches its own brand of filth into the sky, adding to the toxic cocktail that looms above our heads. I kneel, thinking I see something, which turns out to be nothing, just like the eighteen other times I thought I spotted something since we got here. I stand, holding a hand to my eyes, and look around. The whole area is burned out, blackened, charred. Pools of melted, cooled, now-hardened metal shine up from the ground like futuristic lakes. It’s as though Eyelet and I have entered anot...her dimension altogether.
“Pretty horrible, isn’t it, ol’ girl?” I stroke Clementine’s withers, and she whinnies.
“Did you find something?” Eyelet murmurs through her gas mask, approaching.
“No.” I turn.
She falls apart coughing, and my heart picks up speed. “You all right?” I step toward her. She waves me off and straightens. “I don’t think we should stay out here too much longer,”MoreLess
“Pretty horrible, isn’t it, ol’ girl?” I stroke Clementine’s withers, and she whinnies.
“Did you find something?” Eyelet murmurs through her gas mask, approaching.
“No.” I turn.
She falls apart coughing, and my heart picks up speed. “You all right?” I step toward her. She waves me off and straightens. “I don’t think we should stay out here too much longer,”MoreLess
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