Harmonics C
Loneliness can cause cavities. When Woz tipped his hat to the bar-portal guardian, the man was taken back to a time before the spliffs had burned holes in his couch of solitude. Every friend he ever had hugged him all at once. Their affection filled him with a warm substance—the residue of which would remain in his hollow, forever.
Loneliness is one of the few elements lethal to the Hailai. It causes their organs to slough off, followed by a leaking of circulatory fluid, and a total death of light. Fortunately, the condition is eminently treatable. Each flavor of loneliness gives off a distinct smell that determines the filling agent needed to restore a Being.
She was adrift until her sister sniffed her out and pumped her up: “I am always with you, even when we are far.”
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