there are names here more powerful than our own

In alleyways across the outskirts of a bustling techno-cityscape, a scattered collective of outcasts discuss their plans by striking matches and whispering into the resulting flames. On a warm island facing the threat of war, a young woman sits on the coastline, observing the husks of warships that the coral reefs have dashed apart. Deep within an abandoned lunar mineshaft, a single seed falls fro…