This image was inspired by a passage from Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' - although Neil was describing a rather different scene, this image sprang unbidden to my mind nonetheless! And, after all, who am I to argue with my muse?

• Poser 3 (with Zygote's MuscleMan); wings by Hokusai and Virus (available at the Poser Forum);
• dripping wax was made in Organica;
• all other items created in, and final image assembled in, Bryce3D.