[ That scarlet fire that once lit their restless nightmares is present here, in breathless heat that sears away water. Flames that make the shadows dance to their light.
A song. Do they have one all their own, even without a voice, without a heartbeat? Even empty? If they're being told it, then it must be true, but--
In the waking world, they had already been taught to question, to ask, to know that no question was too much to ask. To indulge their voracious but not destructive curiosity.
A song? Is it the same as music? Is it part of you?
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A song. Do they have one all their own, even without a voice, without a heartbeat? Even empty? If they're being told it, then it must be true, but--
In the waking world, they had already been taught to question, to ask, to know that no question was too much to ask. To indulge their voracious but not destructive curiosity.
A song? Is it the same as music? Is it part of you?
What does it mean to have one? ]