She watches with eyes wide as the gears turn, their teeth slotting slowly together in mechanical precision (delighting in how perfectly each notch fits). The clockwork worlds spin in their predetermined orbits, a blissful ballet of planetary alignment. She reaches for the pretty blue and green one, gently pinching it between her fingers to pull it closer to her face, fascinated.
She does not hear our screams as her curiosity brings about the End of the Earth.
About the Creator
Bex Jordan
They/She. Writer. Gardener. Cat-Lover. Nerd. Always looking up at the sky or down at the ground.
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