single hollow mirroring
A single hollow, mirroring a human tooth, appears within the obsidian’s dark whorls after the resin is removed. Brushing away fine particulate matter leaves a faint metallic taste on the tongue; layered striations across the enamel hint at sustained contact—a deliberate wearing down against resistance. This isn't emptiness, but an intensified focus where attention shifts to forms already in motion. Each touch doesn’t recover memory so much as excavate it as a somatic trace left upon the polished face, cool even now.