Dark Forest: ALIEN: Inside the Hive: The Maw

The Maw

The chamber is too large for light to define.
The pillars rise like the bones of something that should not move.

They are not decorative.

Mineral analysis confirms structural reinforcement, thermal cycling, and chemical residue.

They were used for something.

The scale implies transmission—not voice or signal, but something cast from within.

The walls glisten with layered deposits, not organic but once responsive.

It resembles a mouth, not in shape but in function.