Sea Lion Shores lets get lost at sea, where they will never find us, got stars at night to guide us

the words were said in a voice that caused her hackles to lift defensively and her eyes to widen until the whites were visible. the cackle that came thereafter caused deirdre to wilt, and prepare to bolt. but she recalled the last time she had run, and thought that perhaps, if she stood still enough, she would be forgotten. her father had spoken to her of stars, and how sometimes, if you saw one fall, you could wish upon it. was this star she clutched a thing that granted wishes?

please don't hurt me, please don't hurt me, and then she cringed at the selfishness of the wish, should she not ask that the star find its way back home, and on its way light the path to donnelaith? the pearl-hued babe opened her eyes and looked back to caiaphas, flat against the earth and cowering submissively to appeal to the other, and to not feel their wrath.