Scorched Sunrise

Looks like hope. Burns like memory..

Whole Bloodfire berries are lovingly placed at the bottom of the glass. Sunfruit juice and lightly sparkling valley wine follow, calm and deceptively cheerful.
Then, the berries are pierced.
The core is ruptured, the heat releases. The wine and juice roil and fold into one another, bubbling violently as the drink comes alive. For a moment, it looks like molten lava trapped in glass. Then it settles.

Dark at the bottom.
Pale gold at the top.
A sunrise that’s already been burned.

8 silver.
Sometimes, playing with fire is worth it.

“I don’t know if it’s safe, but it felt earned.” –confused patron