Every rotation, she diminishes and I increase. I will be my sister's grim reaper. I can imagine that, at first, our parents were ecstatic. A twin star birth would be a powerful one, enough to increase our galaxy's standing against our neighbors. Then I and my sister emerged, not the promised identical twins of legend, but ever so slightly mismatched. Already, she is an orange-red subgiant, doomed to a cooling core.
This flash is a "six sentences" format and I've recently posted on the Six Sentences social network.
Happy New Years Resolution! Come a bit early, I suppose.
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I liked it Michelle, it really conjures some vivid imagery. Maybe it's just me, but I think stars are the most beautiful things in the universe.
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