11.09.25: Moonlight Cities

In the future, cities run on moonlight. Skyscrapers glow silver, streets shimmer with reflected light, energy harvested from the lunar surface. People measure time not by the sun, but by the phases of the moon. Full moons are holidays, new moons are blackouts. Culture shifts. Wolves become sacred. Poets become celebrities. And then one day, something strange happens. The moon flickers. Just once, for a second. Panic spreads. The world realizes their perfect system depends on something they cannot control. The moon was always distant, unreachable. Now it is the fragile heart of civilization, pulsing in the dark.