The ocean sighs as the day settles. A pulsating distant wash of noise contrasting the minimal crackles of barren mineral. Six million versus half a decade. How long until they form an amalgamation? What remnants are left untouched in the cavities? In the breach? In the void.

Flesh turns rash. A body moves into numbness. Seagulls sing in the key of minor. A day settles.