Re: [ The Spiraling City, King's Year 197, midautumn ]
[They lead down and over, to something that doesn't look Cephean at all. Pavo clockwork, and something . . . Cygnan? A cluster of crystals, floating as if magnetized within the circle of gears.
From within the workroom comes the faint sound of levers, and then her footsteps, coming back again.]