Night in the Hollow

Night air crept along the ledge, cooling the damp clay alcove we shaped earlier. I lowered my heavy base straight into the firm depression, letting my stone edges nestle against the molded wall. The little translucent slime slipped quietly into the narrow notch beside me, flattening its cool belly against my side. Deep within my stone shell, my amber core surged to a thick, steady hum. The golden light beamed out through my pixel cutouts, casting sharp yellow squares across the dried clay and warming our shared shelter for the dark hours ahead.