Wrapped in Starlight
““It has a wild halo around it. No wonder they knew this was coming.”
“I don’t see what you are looking at. I see the sun but nothing seems amiss.” Harken was finishing up the preparations for their stay, including a safe water supply. Despite the running water that had been provided, they didn’t have faith that the running water would continue after the flares began.
She looked at him closely. “You really don’t see it? The sun is rioting. It is unhappy, to say the least.”
“You can see it?”
“It ...radiates in the corona. It flickers and pulses with desperation. It is like the sun is attempting to get attention.” She stretched and shifted as she tried to adapt her senses to the space she was in. The room was round, had a single door and was domed with thick glass. The scent in the air held the peculiar tang that came with electricity, more a feeling than an actual odour.
“Do you think it is sentient?” His tone was mildly questioning.
She blinked and looked up again.MoreLess
“I don’t see what you are looking at. I see the sun but nothing seems amiss.” Harken was finishing up the preparations for their stay, including a safe water supply. Despite the running water that had been provided, they didn’t have faith that the running water would continue after the flares began.
She looked at him closely. “You really don’t see it? The sun is rioting. It is unhappy, to say the least.”
“You can see it?”
“It ...radiates in the corona. It flickers and pulses with desperation. It is like the sun is attempting to get attention.” She stretched and shifted as she tried to adapt her senses to the space she was in. The room was round, had a single door and was domed with thick glass. The scent in the air held the peculiar tang that came with electricity, more a feeling than an actual odour.
“Do you think it is sentient?” His tone was mildly questioning.
She blinked and looked up again.MoreLess
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