A Story In
100 Words
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Preserved
It floated in a four-foot cube glass case with runes etched into the gold frame and tiger’s eye gems set into all eight corners.
Connor found his gaze drawn to their chatoyant lustre and wondered if the sphere was only an optical illusion.
“It must be,” he verbalized. “There’s no such thing–”
“Ah, ah...unnatural,” the mage corrected. “You were never going to get this from nature.”
The image of Claudia moved inside the time-bubble. Connor watched his daughter smile: a welcome change from the burial mask.
“I’ll take it,” he said, smearing tears with the back of his hand.
From Guest Contributor Perry McDaid
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