Biological notations of extinguished polar axes survive as symmetries forbidding restoration of any singular orientation within the uniform background.
“Obsidian shards in the slope whisper of flame meeting air as the balance of lights changed and the prints of the great walkers sank deeper into softening earth.”
“Antler points in the gravel ask the vault how the hunter star moved its aim and ...”
“Echoes trapped in granite ask how many seasons the raven circled when the pole fire dimmed and antlers cracked under new frost.”
“Stone redwoods breathe old spores where Thuban pulled fog low, obsidian rings pulse aurora-wet years while marrow ice lifts dunes that crown the walker in deep hush.”