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When the Asphodel Queen decides she\u2019ll die to save our people from her ex-husband\u2019s tyranny, she commands me to build her a coffin, the very first in our world\u2019s history.\xa0Her ageless face of ivory and emerald is water on a windless day; her stillness betrays nothing of her decision. As the Senate screams in sorrow, I am held by her imperial glare, the enormity of my task sinking in like sunlight on skin.\xa0\u201cMe, Your Majesty? I\u2019m but a humble craftsman.\u201d\xa0Her voice rises above the growing din, as panic races through data-vines and across the crystal-network. | Copyright 2022 by Martin Cahill. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices