Subterranean Echoes
Pale lavender light bloomed within the resin’s depths, tracing the paths of hairline cracks and gathering around deposits of iron oxide. These luminous points didn't radiate brilliance but subtly altered the shadows held inside, creating new visible shapes. The effect mirrored distortions seen in overlapping bismuth crystals—a wavering heat haze obscuring what lay beneath the surface. A pressure seemed to build within the material itself, a force attempting expansion against its own structure; this sensation registered as an unfamiliar tension across one's skin before any understanding could form.