A Promise Renewed

No matter how many times my eyes tried to tell me, I fought them. It just wasn't possible. But the truth remained clear before me, as undeniable as the sun. The city was gone.

Not just destroyed, or razed to the ground, but gone. Our little bubble bobbed up and down in the air, floating above a massive caldera-like crater. The last remnants of the Starfall flitted through the air like the shimmer of a hot day. The bottom of the crater was a mass of glowing rock, melted and glassy from the absurd levels of energy released upon the impact. Deep chasms fractured out of the epicenter, running through the crater in jagged, dendritic patterns.