Basalt flows entomb the prints of beasts that walked when Vega's gleam gave way and roots first pierced the bare slopes under shifting skies.
“Does the terminal geometry preserve any topological marker capable of isolating the precise epoch when mineral lattices captured outlines of early locomotion beneath wandering stars?”
“Flows that sealed the initial tread now dictate that no late-time process can recreate the directional preference once marked by the sky's wander.”