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The mirror man smiled.
A hand burst from the snow, followed by a head. More and more, as people rose up, staggering to their feet, and the mountain began to shake. Something rumbled, beneath, and it cracked down the centre.
The mountain crumbled, as bony mandible after bony mandible burst through the rock. Something long, with many legs, wound it’s way around, mandibles clicking.
The mirror man lifted an apple to his lips, biting into it.
“End of the line, Jaq.” As the snow became smoke, rising from flames around them. The monster scuttled around, shrouded by the smoke, legs clicking on the metal walls of a room too small to contain it.
The monster hissed. The metal floor crumpled, as the mandibles of other creatures burst through.
The mirror man beamed, brightly, at him, and took another bite.
Atton didn’t awaken sharply. His eyes opened, slowly, as he gazed calmly at the ceiling.
With a small sigh, he dragged the datapad by his bed towards him.
A hand burst from the snow, followed by a head. More and more, as people rose up, staggering to their feet, and the mountain began to shake. Something rumbled, beneath, and it cracked down the centre.
The mountain crumbled, as bony mandible after bony mandible burst through the rock. Something long, with many legs, wound it’s way around, mandibles clicking.
The mirror man lifted an apple to his lips, biting into it.
“End of the line, Jaq.” As the snow became smoke, rising from flames around them. The monster scuttled around, shrouded by the smoke, legs clicking on the metal walls of a room too small to contain it.
The monster hissed. The metal floor crumpled, as the mandibles of other creatures burst through.
The mirror man beamed, brightly, at him, and took another bite.
Atton didn’t awaken sharply. His eyes opened, slowly, as he gazed calmly at the ceiling.
With a small sigh, he dragged the datapad by his bed towards him.
