>A painting of the meghician, sitting before a massive gate. She holds a smoking pipe, & rests upon stones. The series of structures before her are mostly rectangular, the only exceptions being the gates. The first has an arc at the top, & a number of dangling baubles of pink, black, orange, lime, purple, olive, red, green, white, & pink once more. Behind it sits a large, circular gate, which frames a glowing white satellite above.

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“I know I may be incredulous. My motives are rooted in old ways: back when we could die & starve. Even though it has left my shell, fear’s many fingers wrap about my wrist & guide my hand. As though embedded into my character.

And I wonder what that beast must be.”

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a follow-up to the piece here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/62634449/