...This is where you stood.
At the bottom gate, you held the key to the abyss.
The ebony key to the first day and the last, to the moment when the stars wink out one by one and the sea heaves its rotting belly at the empty sagging sky.
The blazing key that even angels fear to keep.
You are a shield.
You are a lance.
You hold the line...
---Andromeda Among the Stars
Caitlin Kiernan
You are among the bravest people, Joyce, you will prevail.
Blessed be.
