Darlene is staring up at something when Rob arrives. A flock of starlings bursts from a streetside tree, whirls through a complicated figure, and settles again on a near-identical tree nearby.<\/p>\n
Darlene’s lips move silently, then she says “Darkness is coming… darkness and heat. Death in the night, and betrayal.”<\/p>\n
“Ornithomancy?” asks Rob.<\/p>\n
“What?” she snaps, turning.<\/p>\n
“Er, divination by birds. Flight patterns or, um. Guts.”<\/p>\n
“Ridiculous. Birds are stupid, how would they know the future?”<\/p>\n
“But weren’t you just–”<\/p>\n
“No,” she says, “there,” and gestures beyond the starlings: a web of bright graffiti, as complex and dense as Sanskrit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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