As wildfires burn the forests to ash, as water boils out of the oceans, lakes, and land, and as the sun sears rock and sand, Mercury devolves into homogenous skeletal grey; a sunbleached wasteland.
Chewed and spat, a humble little nightlight sat on a window sill. With a loop for a tiny finger and a well for a candle. A comforting trinket provided you forgot the material was tinder and only a stub of wax seperated it from flame.