<p>No life, wind, or light. A total lack of sense of time. When a pony wakes up in the metal belly of a spaceship, only the sounds of cogs, wheels, and pumps accompany him. Lost in this sarcophagus of steel, all he wishes for are the reasons for his punishment.</p><hr/><div class="bbcode-center" style="text-align:center"><p>Featured in Seattle's Angels <a href="/blog/890333/sa-round-167" rel="nofollow">Round 167</a>. <br/>Translated in Russian <a href="https://ponyfiction.org/story/15170/" rel="nofollow">here</a> by <a href="/user/203219/Doof+Ex+Machina" rel="nofollow">Doof</a>.<br/>Read by <a href="/user/408275/Rainbow+Infinity" rel="nofollow">Rainbow Infinity</a> on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQA5su0IK0Q" rel="nofollow">Youtube</a>.</p><p>Edited by <a href="/user/270453/GaraTheAuthor" rel="nofollow">garatheauthor</a>, and pre-read by <a href="/user/91/Flashgen" rel="nofollow">Flashgen</a> and <a href="/user/356065/TheLegendaryBillCipher" rel="nofollow">TheLegendaryBillCipher</a>.</p><p>Entry for the 'Contest #20 - 11/09/2019' on the <a href="/group/214527/quills-and-sofas-speedwriting" rel="nofollow">Speedwrite Discord</a>. <b>Prompt</b>: &quot;The Song of Dead Stars&quot;.<br/>Cover based on the manga <b>Blame!</b> by Tsutomu Nihei.</p></div>