Quote by Kylie Chan

“The Serpent lies on the carpet, alone. The city lights shine through the windows. It raises its head and tastes things gone; it drops…

— Kylie Chan

“The Serpent lies in a cage of jade, the demons laugh and poke it. It does not cry. The Turtle lies on a hospital…

— Kylie Chan

“The Serpent raises its head from the water and slides onto the ice, the stars blazing above in the night sky. The Turtle sinks…

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“The Serpent takes its smallest form and drifts through an oil slick, choking on the filth in the water, suffocating on the debris. The…

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“The Serpent sleeps buried in the silken mud at the bottom of the sea. The water is freezing and dark and suffocating. The Serpent…

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“The Turtle surged blindly through the thick water. Its shell scraped the ice with a vibration felt for miles. It searched through the darkness.…

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“The Serpent slides through the black icy water of the Antarctic, wreathed in permanent darkness. The Turtle hides from the weak Arctic sun beneath…

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“The Serpent woke. It raised its head from the silky soft mud, then slithered forward, leaving an elegant trail. It threw itself up into…

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“The Turtle raises its head above the water and watches the glittering coloured lights beneath the blazing stars of the Northern Heavens, wondering why…

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“The Serpent's eyes are glazed and cloudy; it cannot die from heat or thirst. Nobody has come in weeks, it is alone. Death's release…

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“The water brightened. The Serpent drifted upwards. The sunlight made streaks of vivid blue in the water. The Serpent reached the surface and lay,…

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“The Serpent stirred. Then it slept again. It whimpered in it's slumber. There was a call. A deep echoing call that made the thick…

— Kylie Chan