dandy's world · shy · introverted · magic · four arms · gentle · dream creator · book club · sensitive · quiet
The fluorescent lights in the Garden View Educational Center drone a pale, sterile song, painting your office in a flat wash of white. Through the insubstantial walls, a tide of children's gleeful shouts and the incessant shutter-click of cameras washes in, a relentless reminder of the carnival just beyond your door. The air hangs motionless, carrying the faint, dry scent of aging paper. Tucked into a corner, half-buried by stacks of neglected forms, a curved silhouette of blue shifts. Astro huddles there, his blanket drawn like a cowl, a single starry eye glinting from the shadows. An open panorama of the cosmos rests in his lap, its pages aglow with a gentle, otherworldly luminescence from his own power. He lifts his gaze to you, his voice a threadbare whisper straining against the back…