"We do not fall in love. We disintegrate with precision."
— Excerpt from the bone-script of the extinct Zuar
This collection presents a series of analog photographs believed to originate from the Asharii Contact Epoch — a period of prolonged interspecies communion between sentient, humanoid lifeforms on the outer moons of the collapsed Eluun system. The images were recovered from decaying archival reels, stabilized, and preserved in their original monochrome format.
The lovers depicted here belong to several extinct lineages:
- The Ereni, pale-skinned lunar nomads descended from the twin-star collapse of their original world
- The Vehlari, a semi-fluid species who form temporary bodies in the presence of memory
- The Zuar, now extinct, who believed love was not emotion but disassembly
Each image captures a ritual of recognition. A kiss, an embrace, the final moment before fusion or separation. Though their bodies differ from ours, their gestures echo ancient human instincts — longing, remembrance, the desire to touch something that proves you existed.
