Perseus enters the shadowed cavern where the Gorgons sleep, armed only with a polished shield, divine silence, and a promise he regrets making. Harmonia guides us through the stillness before the strike---the heartbeat, the breath, the reflection. In one clean motion, the impossible is done: Medusa is slain. But the silence that follows is not peace. As Perseus flees, high into the sky, he carries not just a head in a satchel---but something far heavier. And far below, where her blood touches the sand, the next myth begins to stir.

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