The Keeper of Tidal Glass

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Tonight, Miriam steps off a ferry onto a rotting jetty and walks toward a research station that's been silent for thirty-seven years — or almost silent. Down in the flooded labs, creatures are arranging their light into constellations. An AI has been teaching them. She's been waiting a long time to show someone.