The Well That Drinks the Sky
The first time I saw water come out of air, I cried. I should probably explain.
I was in Ridgeline last week for a different story — James Chen's microreactor project, which I promise I'll get to eventually. But on my second morning I went for a run along the eastern ridge, the one overlooking the mining camps, and I passed a row of transparent boxes on metal frames. About a dozen of them, each half a meter across, glinting in the early Ner-light.
I stopped because I can't pass anything I don'
Year -42, Day 96·April 6, 2026