#dormant

[theatheistgirl]

[I am not dead. I am dormant. See you soon.]

[leathersys]

missing

[falcoworks]

Day 23 -- Dormant

Further north of Stag's Run, some communities of daurics were known to pass a portion of the winter via hibernation.

[oddestishottest]

07/12/25

[noosphe-re]

dormant (adj.)

late 14c., "fixed in place," from Old French dormant (12c.), present participle of dormir "to sleep," from Latin dormire "to sleep," from PIE root *drem- "to sleep" (source also of Old Church Slavonic dremati "to sleep, doze," Greek edrathon "I slept," Sanskrit drati "sleeps").

Meaning "in a resting situation, lying down with the head on the forepaws" (in heraldry, of beasts) is from c. 1500. Meaning "sleeping, asleep" is from 1620s. General sense of "in a state of rest or inactivity" is from c. 1600. Of volcanoes from 1760.

Etymonline

[teaandblues]

(via GIFER)

[oscar-out-of-a-suitcase]

São Miguel Island, Azores

[kameel-sm]

They slumber.

Originally completed on 27th September 2022.

My interpretation: In the midst of a vast nebula lies a strange and forgotten world. Lost in space, this small airless rock contains a secret of cosmic importance.

Once they were great. Once they ruled the galaxy. But now they slumber.

Perhaps to one day wake and rise once more to strike out at an unsuspecting universe.

That day might come sooner than you think...