Orin's Phoenix morning (p. 44)
The dead bird bobbed and barrel-rolled in the foam, sucked under one second and reappearing the next, creating an illusion of continued flight.
Context
The omen: a dead bird in Orin's circular Jacuzzi, churned under and back up in a cycle whose rotation fakes ongoing flight. Repetition simulating life — the annular mechanism in one image, floating in the hot tub.