[ accidental video ] ► six

[maelstroms]

[ It is more than apparent, from the moment the broadcast begins, that the presently streaming video feed is far from intentional. The camera's lens peers skyward, providing ample view of the waning night and the morning lurking just around the corner; the dawn brandishing as a slender knife that cuts brightly across the softening darkness and

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[voice]

[lestrangestone]

Have you lost something?

[voice]

[maelstroms]

Two somethings. Someones. Dear friends of mine.

[ A beat of silence. ]

And a night's worth of sleep, though it was well spent.

[voice]

[lestrangestone]

Do you think the Door took them?

[voice]

[maelstroms]

I would be grateful, if that were the case.

[voice]

[lestrangestone]

[Sudden realization.]

There are two Doors now...

[voice]

[maelstroms]

Now?

There always were, I think, as twins are born in succession. We only happened to be ignorant to the fact.

[voice]

[lestrangestone]

Oh, but you are wise, aren't you?

[voice]

[maelstroms]

Not always.

Seniority is often confused with wisdom, unfortunately.