Burning Bright
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Power arced through her tiny body, lighting the room. With each flick of the light switch her antennae burned a little more.
Fairy glow, harnessed, hidden from those who would not see, lit their worlds, faking science. When the fairy died, the shaken bulb would reveal only a broken filament.