This is post #7 of 7 in the series “Firebird”

The weather is cooling down here in Taichung. Managed to sleep through one whole night without the air con last week. For those of you in less tropical climes, I’ll say this: the outside weather is 28-30 (Celsius) in the day, 26-28 at night. We set our air con to 23. Back where I’m from, 23 is considered hot.

Anyway. I’ve brought your favorite fire elemental back for another chapter. We lean a bit further towards the Science Fiction side of the...