Micro SF/F by O. Westin on Nostr: I stare into the Abyss, and I know it stares back at me. Slowly, hesitantly, I reach ...

I stare into the Abyss, and I know it stares back at me. Slowly, hesitantly, I reach out, and the Abyss reaches out to me.

It pets me.

It is neither warm nor cold, both firm and soft, and very, very comforting.

"Thank you," I say.

Faintly, I hear: "You'd do the same for me."

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