Chapter 57. Anatomy of a Star
Author: Sikky Turner
last update2025-11-28 21:31:33

The first thing Rick felt was weightlessness. His body floated in a vast space where there was no up or down, no air, no ground, only endless blue darkness filled with drifting lights like distant stars.

His chest rose and fell slowly, as if even breathing had become a strange discovery.

He opened his eyes fully, and his breath caught.

All around him, constellations stretched like glowing webs across the void. Some pulsed softly like beating hearts.

Others flickered like lanterns in deep wate
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