Look closer.
A red-orange envelope hides a brighter interior beneath its textured outer layers.
Look for glimpses of brightness through the red shroud. The outer cloud reveals only pieces of what it surrounds.
A story from the frontier · Lore draft
The Hidden Furnace
The captain called it a red sun. The science officer wrote a correction: red was only the part they could see. They watched brighter patches appear and vanish, as if the star were turning its thoughts away from the window.
