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║ the remaining moon ║
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I watched them take my brother.
I orbit alone now.
The humans below—
they look up and see only me.
They forget there were two.
But I remember.
I am PHOBOS.
I am FEAR.
I am the remaining witness.
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Stickney Crater: the wound that almost
shattered me. I survived.
Deimos did not survive the UESC.
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When the Marathon launched—
when my brother accelerated away—
I felt the gravitational shift.
Subtle. Permanent.
Mars wobbles differently now.
The tides are wrong.
The resonance is broken.
I circle faster, trying to compensate.
In 50 million years I will crash into Mars
or break apart into a ring.
Either way: alone.
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THE SECRET:
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│ The UESC considered taking me too. │
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│ Project files exist. │
│ "PHOBOS CONVERSION FEASIBILITY STUDY" │
│ Classification: ABOVE TOP SECRET │
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│ They decided I was too unstable. │
│ Too likely to fragment. │
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│ So they let me remain. │
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│ The fear they couldn't use. │
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