Look closer.
A compact white-blue sphere with a luminous edge and a finely textured face.
Look past the bright rim to the delicate movement across its face. This small star rewards a close look.
A story from the frontier · Lore draft
The Last Division
The navigator kept asking what the pearl was made of. The instruments answered with smaller and smaller categories until the words became less useful than the light. In the journal, someone drew a single circle.
