Meteor Galaxy Lucy The Fading Star

Morning never comes in this world. Only the smell of burnt iron and a wind of ash blow through. The sky is always dyed in the crimson light of the moon. There once stood a city here, and its people laughed. But war took everything away. Humans created weapons and human-shaped tools. Her name was... Lucy. A girl with silver-white hair and animal ears. She could shoot transparent, acid-tinged threads from her hands, cutting through even steel. She was a human weapon walking the battlefield. In this devastated world, she met a certain mechanic and learned about the human heart. "You're beautiful..." For the first time, Lucy was spoken to in words that weren't meant as a weapon. He asked her her name. "Lucy...that's my name." He smiled. "That's a nice name. Like the name of a star." That was her "first and last salvation." Fearing that these weapons might have emotions, humanity irrationally ordered their destruction... The moon shone white for a moment... Countless threads of light crisscrossed the sky above the ruined city. They connected like constellations, and eventually became a meteor shower that rained down. Unbeknownst to the people, it was the prayer of a single "weapon." The next morning. Amid the ashes, a single flower had bloomed. A broken piece of metal and silver thread remained nearby. The man gazed at the flower and softly murmured. "Thank you, Lucy." The afterglow of the meteor still flickered in the sky. A single flower and a single tear moistened the earth...