Scarlet and Susan held each other, both blinking as images danced behind their eyes - phantoms of possibilities, futures unfolding. The chamber seemed to swell in response, its crystalline walls rippling like skin responding to touch. The bed-like shapes molded themselves softer. Pools thickened with glowing water. Archways melted into open sky.
"It's shaping itself from our desires," Rose said, her hand outstretched toward Jude. "But not just flesh. Thought. Memory. Dream. Love."
He took her hand and pulled her into him. "Then let's give it everything."
Rose kissed him first - soft, reverent, the kind of kiss that unlocked things. Lucy stepped in next, wrapping herself around him from behind, her breasts warm against his back. Her mouth brushed his neck. "Let it begin."