Look closer.
A heavy grey sphere surrounded by debris, with isolated warm spots on its dark surface.
Look between the surrounding fragments and the quiet face. A few warm marks interrupt an otherwise dark remnant.
A story from the frontier · Lore draft
The Last Stable Thing
After so many restless suns, the sphere seemed impossibly patient. Fragments kept their small vigil around it. The crew recorded the orbiting debris and left the final line of the report blank, as if nothing more needed to happen.
