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The dark secret

A concept held in the mind: a beautiful, antique music box made of polished rosewood and silver. When opened, it plays a melody of heartbreaking, crystalline perfection. The tune is flawless, intricate, and deeply moving.
The secret is not a flaw in the music. The secret is the music. The mechanism that plucks the metal tines to create the melody is not a simple cylinder of pins. It is a preserved human heart, turning slowly, and the pins are shards of bone embedded in the muscle. The perfection of the song is entirely dependent on the desecration of this core.