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MOULT REVOLT by Shelby Vick Some of our greatest discoveries are made by accident; the apple falling on Newton's head, the discovery of vulcanization, Iac and his discovery of antigravity – and a young cluike, and the saving of his race. – Oglethorpe's Universal Encyclopedia, Volume Ten Wind whistled and sung through the canyon; it moaned in the distance and hissed between boulders. Symme relaxed at the edge of a plateau, absorbing all the holy music of the wind. Saving his race from total extinction was the last thing on his mind. He looked behind him at the semi-transparent shell from which he had just wriggled free. It was a thin and hollow copy of himself, with a split down to the abdomen area. The shell trembled in the wind, but did not topple. "I don't care!" Symme exclaimed. "Custom be damned; this is right for a Moult!" He rolled his head from side to side and a small, clear piece of his old exoskeleton clattered to the red, flat ground, stirring a puff of dust. "Never again will I moult with the rest of the Nine. A moult |
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