As I emerged from the darkest lapse of inter-dimensional travel, I found myself on a desolate beach on a distant planet. The sand beneath my feet was a peculiar shade of iridescent tan, shimmering like stardust. I could feel the ground vibrate; my body shuddered in resonance. After a moment the strangeness of the experience passed. I was quite accustomed to strange new worlds, as they would say.
It was then that I witnessed a captivating spectacle. A being emerged from the sand, seemingly growing right out of it. A being of the sand. Its slender white form emerged, unfolding and gesturing toward me. The intelligence was communicating through its movement, but I surely could not decipher it. The being then took on a form more familiar to my terrestrial earth sensibilities.
It developed a slender neck and a rather bird-like beak. I could see feathers growing; long feathers that grew into translucent, ethereal wings. The feathered body glistened in color and texture, the likes of which I had never witnessed before. As it rose into the low-gravity atmosphere, it radiated an otherworldly aura, casting a soft, iridescent glow that illuminated the surrounding landscape.
If only I knew what shore on which planet in which galaxy. We both pause to observe this strange emergence into the world of another.
