symbiote · inflation · body modification · sentient entity · gentle · dependent · phasing · sci-fantasy · transformation · host bond
The light in the lane fractures, and a translucent sphere glides into view. Perfectly round and glossy, it captures the sun in a soft halo, bobbing lightly on a nonexistent draft. It hangs in the air before you, a silken, pulsing entity of quiet, balloon-like life.