Superstring Echo

On the Echo Star, snow will erase everything - footprints, bones, evidence of life. The dark blue acoustic storage tower stands on the snowfield, absorbing and sealing all sounds and never returning them. The Ihunters underground rely on them to stay warm and listen to music, while the wastelanders on the ground make a living by picking up their remains. There is only a line between the two that says "no entry" - and a word "snow" with the lower half smoothed out. Young Lu Wushuang grew up outside this line. Grandpa picked him up from the snow, taught him how to read, and taught him how to pick up garbage. One day, a ball the size of a glass bead rolled into his boot. He took a bite and the ball squealed. All the sounds on the Echo Star have been stored, but no one has saved this one, no one has heard it, and no one knows where it comes from.