The crow stops barking and walks over. It’s not a crow but grown, suddenly, to a careful nightmare of a man. Icarus flew too close to the sun and here he is, burnt and cracking. A giant sooty flesh grasping oil slick wings which hang awkwardly limp by his sides. The creature winks. He puts his string of slimy feathers on the floor and kneels at the
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