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[[Xi Ro]] waits in hiding, folded up [[Hive|Krill]]-small, as the living cloud approaches. It lowers the dangling threads of its feeding tentacles. Each is tipped with light. The light fills Xi Ro's heart with a terrible, aching happiness. The sensation sits heavy inside her, bearable only because it is unwelcome. | [[Xi Ro]] waits in hiding, folded up [[Hive|Krill]]-small, as the living cloud approaches. It lowers the dangling threads of its feeding tentacles. Each is tipped with light. The light fills Xi Ro's heart with a terrible, aching happiness. The sensation sits heavy inside her, bearable only because it is unwelcome. | ||
This will be the fourth bait star she collects. Xi Ro dreams that when | This will be the fourth bait star she collects. Xi Ro dreams that when [[Helium Drinkers|the Helium Drinkers]] strike next, she will use the bait stars to blind them, then cut them up while they writhe. | ||
She must leap as high as she can to cleave the bait star loose. The tentacle detects a stirring in the air and whips around. If she is slow, it will tear the blade from her hands. | She must leap as high as she can to cleave the bait star loose. The tentacle detects a stirring in the air and whips around. If she is slow, it will tear the blade from her hands. | ||
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Xi Ro exults. It is only when she turns around that she sees her elder sister. | Xi Ro exults. It is only when she turns around that she sees her elder sister. | ||
[[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]] is standing with her limbs limp at her sides, her scrolls scattered at her feet. Xi Ro sees in her three eyes the euphoria that is the stormjoy's weapon.<ref | [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]] is standing with her limbs limp at her sides, her scrolls scattered at her feet. Xi Ro sees in her three eyes the euphoria that is the stormjoy's weapon.<ref>This line refers to the description of the stormjoys in The Book of Sorrows' verse ''I. Predators'' Species of Fundament are rendered ecstatic and helpless under the glow of a stormjoy's bait star, and preyed upon.</ref> | ||
Xi Ro leaps and tackles her sister into the dirt. | Xi Ro leaps and tackles her sister into the dirt. | ||
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After, the two of them wait beneath shelter while the stormjoy advances down the coast. Aurash is sullen, but Xi Ro knows it can be fixed. | After, the two of them wait beneath shelter while the stormjoy advances down the coast. Aurash is sullen, but Xi Ro knows it can be fixed. | ||
"Look." Xi Ro holds out the bait star. "We can take joy for ourselves."<ref | "Look." Xi Ro holds out the bait star. "We can take joy for ourselves."<ref>This line establishes agency for the Osmium trio, a theme that recurs and subverts throughout their arcs.</ref> | ||
Aurash lifts the star by its shriveled stalk, then cups the light in her claws, like a small fire. | Aurash lifts the star by its shriveled stalk, then cups the light in her claws, like a small fire. | ||
