Lake Lewisia #580

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In the rare stretches of bare land or parking lot asphalt, heat shimmers rose to coalesce into the long, rippling forms of mirage flatworms, nearly transparent bodies lined with flashes of white and gold. Distantly related to turbellaria and other such aquatic creatures, albeit long since drifted from the sea to streams to vapor clouds for their habitats, they were partially parasitic when breeding. Walking out in the summer heat, a person would lose sight of the mirage long before reaching it, so the only sign of infection would be the sudden extra drops of sweat rolling over their skin, each one containing tiny, easily evaporated flatworm eggs, destined to one day condense down to earth again in springs to come.

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LL#580