In a circular hall lined with motionless brass bells, a woman with straight black hair tucked behind one ear stands under a narrow beam of warm light. She wears a sleeveless burgundy dress with ornate embroidery in gold clockwork arcs, split high on one side. Her arms are poised at her sides in soft tension. Floating pendulums of obsidian and silver hang from the ceiling above, their tips pointing like silent daggers toward the floor.
