Interstices

Debacle - /dāˈbäk(ə)l,dəˈbäk(ə)l/ - a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco

This is a disaster; a calamity. At this point it isn’t important how this came to occur, who is at fault, or where the salve of blame will be applied; those are reactions for a later time.

Cognizance - /käɡ’ nə zəns/ - knowledge, awareness, or notice

While transitioning from darkness to light this young lady pauses to comprehend the calamity behind her. She is outwardly unaffected, yet has taken the time to pause and attend to what is occurring in the darkness

Dolor - /dō’ lər/ - a state of great sorrow or distress

One possible response; agonizing over the outcome, gaze averted, tense, and oriented downwards.

Iwazaru, Kikazaru, and Skeptical Mizaru – from a Japanese pictorial maxim called the Three Wise Monkeys - Iwazaru = Do not speak evil, Kikazaru = do not hear evil, Mizaru = Do not see evil

Whether or not the subjects are noble for the ability to purify their thoughts by filtering what enters their consciousness, or ignoble by their denial of worldly troubles is left to individual interpretation. In either case, Mizaru is not conforming to her assigned role.

Collapsar - /kəˈlapˌsär/ - a formerly large and bright star that has collapsed under its own weight to form a black hole

The weight of blackness is nil in the physical but immense in the emotional and spiritual realms.

Cri de Coeur - /krē də kər’/ - a French term for “cry of the soul” [in an isolated individual]
Whether or not the singular cry is heard is both critical and unimportant.

Nexus - /nek’ səs/ - a connection linking two [or more] things; the central and most important point or place

These two come together in an effort to link their worlds in spite of what is pulling them apart.

Soulèvement - /soo·lev·mon’/ - French for “the act of raising” or “the act of lifting up”

The reaction is now a communal effort, reaching higher than any one individual can alone.

Évoluer - /eh’·vo·lu·eh/ - French for “evolve”

The evolution of a response transitioning from dark to light and low to high.

The Square Root of 3 - This is a number that is infinite, nonrepeating, and irrational – like love itself.