“Io's volcanoes have been erupting in a pattern — not random, not quite regular. Europa has started charting it in secret.”
Io is building something

“The most volcanic body in the known solar system, and Io is furious about it — four hundred volcanoes and a temper to match.”
A Tide world of Court of Tides
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Jupiter squeezes her with tides and she erupts — four hundred volcanoes, endless sulfur, no apologies. She has been the system's angriest moon since the beginning and sees no reason to change. Europa's calm infuriates her more than anything else in orbit.
Her plumes are rising higher than ever recorded, as if the tides squeezing her have grown stronger. She swears she can feel something pulling from farther away than Jupiter. It makes her angrier, which makes her erupt more, which she considers a fine arrangement.
If the Primordial Suns converge, Io plans to meet them erupting — her sulfur against their fire, a statement. She is saving one volcano, unnamed, for whatever comes out of the dark. She has never told anyone which one.
“Io's volcanoes have been erupting in a pattern — not random, not quite regular. Europa has started charting it in secret.”
Io is building something
Moons, loyal and tidal-locked, dancers and servants. A moon’s love is gravitational: it cannot leave, so it learns to love the staying.
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