Hourglass

The Hourglass is many things. The "perfect machine". The "source of all life". The "fountain of youth". It promises immortal comfort to the privileged, but it also looms over its creators, making them slaves to its tics and gears.

But Martel knows that there are other simple, inexplicable things that give life meaning, way more valuable than eternity. A system built on rejecting such principles is beyond fragile - it is a ticking time bomb.

(CW: death, mild blood / gun violence)