Enhanced transcript for “Descent” excerpt by Kinetic Light
[female narrator] Again, night. They clasp forearms and spin together as a fiery red light sets their skin aglow
[male narrator] The sky behind them begins to lighten with the washes of the stars and orange glowing.
[The enchanting reverie continues, a bird soaring higher on a thermal]
[heartbeat growing]
[female narrator] Gazes locked, blissful, they continue through the light sculptures and down the broad base.
[The melody dips and ascends, as if dancing on the gentle, repetitive movement underneath]
[glass bowl, plucked strings, wood creaks] [smooth female voice] That arch, arc, [high notes sing out, all ocean mist and sparkling light]
[female narrator] Then Andromeda rushes to the platform;
[female narrator] Andromeda leaps and Venus tosses her up onto the platform [the music continues tenderly]
[longing harmonics][smooth female voice] That rupture.
[female narrator] From her belly, wheels in the air, Andromeda watches Venus, grabs her arm, and she swings back in to meet Andromeda
[smooth female voice] Revelation. Release…
[the scene blurs and changes; the music fades and gives way to rustling, like a tall, grassy plain; strong, gusting wind.]
[female narrator] Venus stops near the peak, lifts a hand towards the sky, and turns to meet Andromeda.
[slow creaking, chimes in the wind] [smooth female voice] Momentum
[whoosh of waves and wheels, muffled voice: one arm under arm]
[female narrator] Arms raised, they intertwine fingers, let gravity pull them across
the broad base as they stare into each other.
[the creak and moan of the base beneath them]
[male narrator] Holding hands, the chairs now at the upper left, now to the right
[melody softly ebbing underneath]
[female narrator] They are pulled back and forth down the gentle slope.
[smooth female voice] Curve. Unfurl…
[only the vast emptiness of the rustling, gusting wind and the creaking of a ship’s deck]
[female narrator] One arches a head back as she goes backward, then the other….
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