Enhanced transcript for “Descent” excerpt by Kinetic Light

[female narrator] Again, night. They clasp forearms and spin together as a fiery red light sets their skin aglow

[male narrator] The sky behind them begins to lighten with the washes of the stars and orange glowing.

[The enchanting reverie continues, a bird soaring higher on a thermal]

[heartbeat growing]

[female narrator] Gazes locked, blissful, they continue through the light sculptures and down the broad base.

[The melody dips and ascends, as if dancing on the gentle, repetitive movement underneath]

[glass bowl, plucked strings, wood creaks] [smooth female voice] That arch, arc, [high notes sing out, all ocean mist and sparkling light]

[female narrator] Then Andromeda rushes to the platform;

[female narrator] Andromeda leaps and Venus tosses her up onto the platform [the music continues tenderly]

[longing harmonics][smooth female voice] That rupture.

[female narrator] From her belly, wheels in the air, Andromeda watches Venus, grabs her arm, and she swings back in to meet Andromeda

[smooth female voice] Revelation. Release…

[the scene blurs and changes; the music fades and gives way to rustling, like a tall, grassy plain; strong, gusting wind.]

[female narrator] Venus stops near the peak, lifts a hand towards the sky, and turns to meet Andromeda.

[slow creaking, chimes in the wind] [smooth female voice] Momentum

[whoosh of waves and wheels, muffled voice: one arm under arm]

[female narrator] Arms raised, they intertwine fingers, let gravity pull them across

the broad base as they stare into each other.

[the creak and moan of the base beneath them]

[male narrator] Holding hands, the chairs now at the upper left, now to the right

[melody softly ebbing underneath]

[female narrator] They are pulled back and forth down the gentle slope.

[smooth female voice] Curve. Unfurl…

[only the vast emptiness of the rustling, gusting wind and the creaking of a ship’s deck]

[female narrator] One arches a head back as she goes backward, then the other….