[OPENING] Dream accepted. Terms unread. Who are you, who am I, can I fly? Permission pending. Please remain where you are. [RUN] Run, run, run, back to the start. Starter’s gun fire — run, run, run. Checkpoint flashing. Same old heart. Who’s beating, who’s hurt? Signal received. Source unknown. [ACCELERATION] Morphed meaning, induced feeling, spin sped speeding, suspended, upended, launched rocket into ceiling. Impact rendered. Damage pending. Gasp, shallowed breathing, no sound, just bleeding… where is it coming from? Trace unavailable. Continue anyway. [SPIN] Spin, twister, spin, finding new places to land, never been here, so familiar. Map won’t load. Still know the way. Discovery without animals, mystery of being clawed. No tracks behind me. Marks still appear. [PIER] Now sitting on a pier, no waves, no echoes, black and white. Decide to hover, can’t swim, dread the shallows. Water holds still. Something underneath doesn’t. No cold, no heat, vacuum the shore with feet. Footprints register. Then disappear. [QUESTION] Am I friend or foe? Answer delayed. Choose a side. [CONDUCTOR] When realized — a conductor. Bow before. Every motion scored. Every silence cued. [FINAL ASCENT] Outta the way. Glorious rise. New heights. Gasp. Gasp. Exhale — into the light. [HARD END — STOP. NO REPEAT. NO EXTENDED OUTRO.]
