SilverChaos13

A mythic science fantasy. The Traveler and the Serpent © 2021 JT. All rights reserved The traveler’s boots crunched as they trudged over an endless sea of dark glass. It was slow and hard work, and their armored suit was as cumbersome as it was heavy. It had to be. The result was exertion, and even with the suit’s climate regulators whining away, warm breath fogged the inside of its helmet. They paused for a moment and looked back the way they had come. Their path was easy to see in the otherwise featureless volcanic plain. Cracks spread like vast spiderwebs from the edges of each footstep. A trail of broken glass glittered in the helmet’s spotlight. The traveler looked up. The sky remained starless and black, even more featureless than the plain. It was like they had carved a path of diamond into an endless void. They suppressed a shudder. Back to the task at hand. Noxious, corrosive liquids streaked the screen of their wrist monitor, but it was readable. Temperature over