You charge emotional engagement in skilful layers, building slowly on the image of horror so that it strikes with powerful, memorable impact. Such a clever technique to demonstrate in a few short words the loss of abundant wildlife - flocks of geese, galloping herds - we can hear the cacophonous call of the wild, but then we can hear the silence. Never has silence been so abhorrent!
This piece brings home the importance of preserving our environment with a punch. Brilliantly evocative, perfectly effective.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I do wish @theinkwell would sign off with who's commenting - it'd be nice to know the face behind the team comment xxx Regardless, your comments are fantastic and muchly appreciated. I wasn't sure about the last line though and still am not sure. I'd love to use this story as a starting point for a longer story - I feel there's more to tell about Rey and the experiment itself. Thanks for the writing opportunity. xx