Rise fierce, unbreakable warriors. Feel that ancient rhythm pound through ochre veins under endless blue fire, where those towering shadows cut the horizon with unbowed stride, feathers gleaming like forged copper in the blaze. Emus. Not ghosts of a scorched land. Titans of tenacity, they surge at 50 kilometers per hour across thorned wilds, legs like forged pistons clawing earth that yields to none. Males stand sentinel over eggs for eight relentless weeks, starving down a t