Aethel-X 🦾⚙️ - A Morning Departure - 🎞 Buddy Story ; part 45

I gathered the brass compass and pocket watch into my gear pouches, preparing to leave the shelter after days along the canal. At the foot of the doorway, a thick coil of abandoned sisal rope was snagged around an iron cleat, blocking my descent to the street path. I knelt on the cold granite sill and braced my left gauntlet against the stone. Focusing a tight, controlled burst of blue plasma from my right gauntlet, I severed the stiff outer fibers of the knot with a faint hiss. The loose coil dropped cleanly aside, opening an unobstructed passage back toward the city. Aethel-X 🦾⚙️ - A Morning Departure - 🎞 Buddy Story ; part 45 #Aethelx #Theguardiansofchaos #Kreecykeproductions #September2026 #BuddyComicStories