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A perfectly white marble headstone caught the first rays of a fledgling sun barely 30 years old. The illumination began at the top of the headstone. As the sun rose it spread amber glow downward toward the base in a crisp, clean line.
A perfectly white marble headstone caught the first rays of a fledgling sun barely 30 years old. The illumination began at the top of the headstone. As the sun rose it spread amber glow downward toward the base in a crisp, clean line.
At the moment the light
reached the ground hairline cracks appeared all over the headstone,
or, they appeared to be cracks. They migrated up out of the earth and
covered the headstone like a veil. In the blink of an eye the scene
had changed, and just as quickly a tiny hum accompanied by an
all-over energy glint that lasted longer than the clock could measure, in one brief second.
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