magisternihil's 100-word story for August 19, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 19, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The singing! Can no one hear the singing? The crowd behind me, all blissed up and celebratory, either don’t hear it or won’t. I wonder if they hear it when their heads are dunked. Can they hear anything over the rushing of blood in their ears as words are chanted over them? But I can hear it plain as day, and it’s beautiful. I have to get closer to it, to find its source. I have to know what creature in this universe can make such a lovely sound. Lots of yelling behind me. Probably why they can’t hear it.

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