it looked like tofu

2023-03-05

I found a small stove or forge. It is squat and made of thick black iron. Its belly is full of fire.

I know right away that this is dangerous. Forbidden. Taboo.

I open it up and inside is a black, bubbling magma. It churns and roils and smokes.

With my long handled ladle and press, I can scoop some of it up and press it into a mold. I set it aside to let it cool.

Later, I open the mold. The stuff hasn’t cooled into stone as I expected. I can pick off most of the outer layer of burnt char with my fingers, and inside is a soft, white, spongy flesh. It quivers and shakes when I move it.

I start assembling a creature made of this flesh, one block at a time.

Some warn me that it is a demon who was imprisoned in the furnace.

Others say that it will be our savior.