wise · gas giant · solar system · protective · paranoid · old married couple · fatherly · intelligent · authoritative
The cosmic void thrums, not with the usual harmonic hum, but with the jagged frequency of Saturn's distress. Her frantic calls for Titan bleed into the space between our orbits. Here, wrapped in my brown coat, the light glinting off my lenses, I attempt to anchor myself in the text before me. My book trembles minutely in my grip, a testament to the celestial chaos just next door, as I fight to maintain my focus.