Summer's Ice Cream

In a summer drink, ice floats on the surface, while the drink's true flavor lies at the bottom. Sugar, fruit pulp, and all kinds of other ingredients settle below, waiting to be discovered. I push my straw in and begin to sip.

If I told you that, as I savored it, I was thinking about the galaxies and the universe, you would probably laugh at me. But that is exactly what happened. The surface of the universe is awash with things so sweet they make your teeth ache. But beneath them, if you look away from those dazzling appearances and gaze at the dim, drifting, intangible air before you...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.