Per Aspera

Aspera:A mask.What do you see?Astra:A pair of wings.

...and what do you really see?

a pretty butterfly.

Aspera:Someone already inside.What do you see?Astra:A window, left open.

the only winning move is not to play.

follow the white rabbit.

Aspera:A ribcage closing.What do you see?Astra:A cathedral that builds.

what would you say you do here?

tea. Earl Grey. hot.

Aspera:Guns across the water.What do you see?Astra:Cranes, and a ship coming in.

gentlemen, you can't fight in here. this is the war room!

we're gonna need a bigger boat.

Aspera:The last thing a city sees.What do you see?Astra:The first thing off the ground.

Maj. Kong, riding it down.

it's not a miracle. we just decided to go.

Aspera:A mouth.What do you see?Astra:A door.

attempt no landing there.

my god, it's full of stars.

Aspera:Dust. Nobody wrote this.What do you see?Astra:A sentence. You are holding the brush.

a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.

the answer was never 42.