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[[>]] [[module rate]] [[/>]] Her metamorphosis took place at the dinner table. She abruptly crumpled up, compressing herself into a fat, rounded form before a light red layer of veins covered her, themselves being covered by a gorgeous iridescent scaly layer. I picked up the emerald egg and gave it a quick peck, to reassure her that I was still there. Her father chuckled. “Don’t worry, she’s in there, all right. Her mother went through the same process, and, well, just look at her.” His wife hissed in agreement, coiling her tail around him. I held onto her egg, unsure whether or not to put it back down. “Why so tense? Set her down; she’s not going anywhere. She’ll have finished her transformation by tomorrow.” I put her egg down on the seat and continued to eat, savoring the taste of my own imperfections. ---- ---- She was born the next day at the dinner table. The egg cracked and then ceased to exist, shattered into infinitesimally small bits by a dragonfly of jade and gold. She buzzed contentedly as I held her in my arms, admiring the circuitry in her wings. I crooned to her to let her know that I was there. She brought her head to meet mine. We connected, man and beyond-man. I kissed her, savoring Complex mouthparts, dexterous legs Lithe exoskeleton, slender antennae Deep eyes, lofty wings A scent of perfection to which I could only dream to aspire. ---- ---- Just me and her now, man and beyond-man. What was she seeing, thinking in that body beyond my mere comprehension? The cybernetic capsule within her head, seat of her human emotions, that last Vestige of imperfection in a body that was above my own. How could I love her any less knowing that she was destined to surpass me. But for now, us together sharing the jointed metamorphosis of this body of hers, more beautiful than before a soft, wet, warm thorax wings ripe with the scent of ambition A mind built to perceive A soul meant to dream A body created to achieve A destiny within the stars. ---- ---- She left me the way she entered in a flash that changed my life I ate her and took her capsule Seat of her mind Seat of her emotions Seat of her previous imperfection why Why did I eat her what dream did I have that I would seek to ruin hers? Does she realize what has happened Is this a nightmare this impulse to consume This horrific imperfection How do I save her from myself Join her in the capsule connect to her mind Uploaded to her world. She tasted of everything I wanted to be. ---- ---- stars. a platform. the sea. just us. her imperfect body. the one we shared. what can I tell her how do i save her dream she knows she looks at me and the virtual ocean in her eyes the burning of a sun in her heart she knows and she still loves me is this a dream? despite my imperfection through the nightmare the nightmare i created she still loves me she was never imperfect she has always been perfect she has always been headed for the stars this is her dream so this is my dream she can have my body metamorphosize and find the stars i remain in the capsule stars. platforms. the sea. ---- ---- Sometimes she visits. tells me stories of the stars tells me of the metamorphosized body I once had and of the stars it visited. the stars she visited. They sound beautiful. I look at the false ocean and look at the virtual stars and wonder what might have been in this dream what we might have been together but she is happy. the stars are open to her. this is the dream. this is my perfection. [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box]] [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box-end]]