13: A Million Stars

"I've never written a song that wasn't inspired by Sun City. One might even say I've never written a song but rather allowed this city to channel her song through me. I know that's kind of esoteric and maybe a little hippie-sounding but I think it might be true. That's why I have these two identities, you see. On one side, I act as her voice and on the other, her sword."

- Unit 1 Lieutenant Chris "Lee" Calderon

A dozen little legs carried its bulbous form across his face. It paused for a moment, perhaps sensing flesh, perhaps taking a bite or laying eggs before crawling down his cheek, over his ear and back into the mud and reeds from whence it came. These...

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