Hypaea

Meteorites can laugh. That was his final thought, shortly before everything had dissolved into dust and the shadow took with her the dilapidated landscape into the vast void above. Months ago, there had been an uproar in town over a fallen star. The grazing field was scarred on impact, but thankfully no one had been injured. White shards were found strewn across the vast expanse, and no creature dared to approach them. The men soon found out why: the shards were insidiously, and hideously, shifting in color. The rancher who owned the field took his losses in stride, and left the shard...