ira<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@1moremin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>1moremin</span></a></span> “The thing on the stone table lay still. The thing on the stone table had already taken on the texture and color of the stone table, as was its nature. The thing on the table listened to the pulse of the beacon and counted each beat, waiting.” 3/3</p><p>from Jeff VanderMeer’s “The Strange Bird”</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JeffVanderMeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffVanderMeer</span></a> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheStrangeBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheStrangeBird</span></a></p>