A Midnight Alignment: Part 42

I walked back inside from the instrument shop as darkness fully claimed Sosep, glad to step onto quiet floorboards. Up on the deep windowsill, an old brass pocket spectroscope rested open beside an ebony inkstand. A tiny dried lavender petal from a nearby sachet was caught within the slotted light prism, casting a soft blur across the dark glass slit. I climbed up the curtain trim, stepped lightly onto the sill, and knelt close. Using the tip of a wooden toothpick, I lifted the brittle petal clear. The brass slit gleamed clean and sharp once more under the dim starlight. #Ashokahtano #Ashoka #ActionFigures @cataww234