Isabella held the delicate piece of shimmering lavender fabric between her fingers like it was a precious jewel. Her heart raced with excitement as she approached the machine. This glorious, stone-bodied miracle. Her new baby.
"Let's see what you can do," she whispered, smirking.
She placed the tiny material piece into the opening of the duplication chamber. The runes inside the chamber lit up instantly, glowing a soft pale blue. It hummed, warm and gentle, like the heart of a creature waking from sleep.
Osiris stood a few steps behind her, arms crossed, brows furrowed as if trying to understand this strange sorcery. His expression said, I am ready to run if this explodes.
Too bad for him. She wasn't letting him run anywhere.
She pressed the start activation sigil.
The machine whirred.
The runes glowed brighter.
The chamber pulsed once.
And then—
A long sheet of lavender fabric slid out the other side.
