We emerge from a fiery wound Bloody and wailing And move for a time Between vacuum and the light Between laughter and the dust Between ashes and the wind As quickened presences Set against the nothing Before returning to our shallow darkness Carved into an implacable silence Herald of thunder Herald of smoke and jagged tooling Herald of debris and earthly din Herald of wailing absence Aluminum 2000, 2024, 2219, 2124 vaporize Debris Event D as the left wing separates 14:00:18 PLBD tear from the body of the craft There is darkness mid-deck Displays go blank Comm-links silent