The Birth-Apotheosis of a Gem-Foetus.

Hurricane Ivan on Oct. 5, 2011

The gemfoetus, after having lain long forgotten in the belfy of a derelict tower from time immemorial, suddenly began to glow with a fiery inner light, cracks creeping through its surfaces. A deep hum came forth from withing the Gem, slowly rising in pitch and strength until the whole tower was dancing to its tune, wherupon it burst in a flash of fiery brilliance, obliviating the tower and its surrounds. Then, rising ipossibly from the midst of the roiling inferno, came that which had lain within the gem, Tiny, foetal, but unmistakeably born.