he stepped outside. immediately the Milky Way is apparent, coalescing on his retina, despite an artifice of Light streaming from unshaded windows. through glass. electric Light, a stream from the beginning. through wires. and wires. crossing immense spaces in the dark landscape. strung from towers that are giant beasts striding, frozen across those spaces. leading to the dams or the power stations. where earth or water is forced to yield some of its elemental strength. give back that strength, turn the Light out, watch the stars get brighter. watch the stars enter the house. or even enter the head, filling it directly. imagine that, filling the head with stellar energy. filling a structure made of star dust with the energy from stars…