by M. O. McLeod
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Crack, crack, crumble, splash, crack, grind, drip, crack. The earth crumbled and softened in places as the pressure from above ground continued to burden its inner iron core. It bent and corroded as the outer core heated to catastrophic level. The pressure shifted the earth’s outer areas as well, causing the mantle to crack and crumble as the crust ground to dust, making it unsuitable for living.
For its own preservation, the earth released chemicals and toxins into the atmosphere. The toxins would transmute human DNA so a new species could be created—one that would be at the top of the food chain and decrease the human species by slowing, stopping, and reversing the rate of its expansion, and the loss of land. Earth chose evolution to deal with its demise. And it all began with Kurma and Santino.
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Let the species say Amen