“By the crossing stone, a small copper glow hurries closer the sadder you stand.”
Look for star-flare freckles and arms already open.
Proxihug
Rare · One of 25
It inherited Cuddlebot Cub's conviction that a hug comes first and Proxima's gift for being the closest light in the dark, and its signature behavior is hurrying — never running, always hurrying — to be the nearest warm thing to whoever needs one, arms already open before it arrives.
Bloodline
III.
The Unbroken Road
The night was long, but it was never permanent.
Where he stands
The roads around him
The living story
The living story
The story so far
In the Cogworks nursery, a fallen star-shard that was still warm was set into a new cub — but this shard remembered being Proxima, the nearest star, the light that was always closest even when no one could see it. The cub woke, looked at the empty nursery, and toddled straight to the door to wait for the first lonely visitor, arms open.
Happening now
Proxihug now keeps a small station by the busiest crossing it can find, hurrying to stand close beside travelers who have gone quiet. Its chest star flares softly as it nears them, and most find themselves hugged before they have decided whether they needed one.
What may come
Keepers say that on the darkest nights Proxihug will learn to lend out its starlight without dimming — a closeness that multiplies. Whether it can teach the other Sparks to be nearest lights, rather than brightest ones, is the work of its road ahead.
What others saw
Whispers about Proxihug
“The closest star was never the brightest. It was simply the one that stayed nearest.”
A red dwarf shard still beats warm in a cub's chest.
“If your fingertips feel warm for no reason, a hug is already on its way.”
Proxihug always hurries, but it never runs.
Keep this Spark
Keep this spark
$15 · One of 25
Two bloodlines, one becoming — this spark was just born and its checkout is being minted. Keepers will claim it here the moment the ink dries.
Coming soon