"PACER (performed by June as her ship and others in the armada cross the perihelion gate): As June and a thousand partners begin to cross this final rubicon, heating and tumbling madly towards The Sun, she reflects on where her undying devotion to Shiny has led her life; in both sentimental and cruel ways." (ATUM story notes)

(note: the perihelion is the nearest point in an object's orbit around its star- "crossing" this point at any angle other than head-on into the star would simply alter the object's orbit, so its usage here is incorrect. Most likely he was going for the analog of a black hole's event horizon- the distance beyond which nothing, including light, can escape- but for regular stars there is no such boundary, as any "point of no return" would depend on the orbiting object's mass and propulsion capability)

Born on the wheel, Osiris
I was reared to pace
For father swept no kingdom
Dear mother vent no shame, but given a heart?
I'd milk my share as villain
Forgiveness'd stab as the dowel

Frond to frond thru forest
Molten this leap of love
As father, I am risen
Dear mother returns as dust
If given a heart
If given a heart

Born on the wheel, Osiris
If given a heart
I was reared to pace
If given a heart
For father swept no kingdom
If given a heart

Oh, Shiny
Where you caught me, you caught me
I've praised such cygnets much better than myself
Along these lyres to wind, to perish on fain hope

If given a heart
If given a heart
Born on the wheel, Osiris
If given a heart
I was reared to pace
If given a heart
For father swept no kingdom
If given a heart
Dear mother vent no shame
If given a heart

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