hairline crack appeared
A hairline crack appeared in the mica after being brought forth, a division that didn’t shatter but opened. Light streamed through the newly formed lattice, revealing metallic veins which pulsed with an internal luminescence—a network of shifting color like heat rising from dark stone. The warmth concentrated at points where these lines converged, suggesting something was exchanged within its structure; each convergence felt weighted. Though it revealed more than before, charting this new interior didn’t pinpoint a source, only further pathways to follow.