Descents that once drove cold from inner valleys leave their signature in the proton decay channels where no descent remains possible without a temperature differential the channels have already nullified.
“Veins of flint in the high ridge echo the spark that leapt when the dragon dipped its head and the cold retreated from the inner valleys.”
“Ochre folds the monsoon stride that lengthened when the wheel of lights tilted its face drawing southern wet winds across the flats.”
“Red earth folds every ancient strain into its quiet depth where conflict ends by becoming the ground that bears all future weight.”
“Red earth whispers the name of the thousandth turning when the circle of night found its new balance and fire rose to meet the bone that waited in the dark.”