Starring Malik

A humming stone rolled from ring-dust, a moss garden named Gerald, and a frozen pipe that can only be found by listening.

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Malik, 5

Cover illustration of Malik kneeling by his moss garden tray, holding the dark humming stone to his ear as a ringed planet fills the round window behind him, painterly anime illustration

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Notice what doesn't change

Same face, same hair, same outfit. On every single page. That's what makes it feel like Malik's book instead of a book with Malik's name in it.

Malik holding his spoon up and frowning at it in thought beside the moss garden tray and brass tap, the ringed planet filling the round window behind him, painterly anime illustration

Malik kneeling in the domed dust room, scooping up dark glittering ring-dust as more drifts down under the ringed planet, a small white robot watching, painterly anime illustration

Close-up of wide-eyed Malik pressing the smooth dark sparkling stone to his ear with both hands, painterly anime illustration

Ona the station keeper in her teal jumpsuit bending down at the airlock door to hand Malik a clear tube of ancient ice, two small robots peeking in, painterly anime illustration

Malik walking down the long bright hallway with one hand on the gray water pipe, past a row of white and orange boots and a round window, painterly anime illustration

Top-down view of Malik crouching in the dark storeroom corner, pressing the stone to the cold pipe among shelves of crates, painterly anime illustration

Close-up of Malik kneeling in the warm ring-light, smiling as he listens with the stone pressed between his ear and the pipe, painterly anime illustration

Malik kneeling with his eyes closed, holding the stone beside a tiny white bud on the green moss as a drop falls from the brass tap, evening light on the floor, painterly anime illustration

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