They warned you not to watch. You’ll ignore them—until the first ripple crawls under her skin and your mind scrambles to call it anything but real. Tiny silhouettes press upward, distorting her back into a grid of swelling, living pockets. Something wants out. Something many. They push harder. The surface breaks. Your idea of birth shatters with the fir… Continues…
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