tion, wit, and water sign wisdom in their debut collection, Pisces Urges. They reckon with the hard-earned blessing of being known, the tumult of friendship in all of its forms, and the universal truth that the love found in community is water, deep as any. With praise that echoes like a prayer, Galicinao Ucol intertwines sci-fi and anime, gallivanting, and thrifted barongs, with the joy of being gay, the protective circle of family. Like the scales that glimmer under the lake's surface, our armor can move in soft ways, too.