Moonspear let's take a trip,

the earthy shadow sat beside him, her furs brushing against him just barely as she passed. he watched her, gaze averted from the sky, resting instead on her deep, blue gaze. she had confirmed that it was her-- not hydra-- and he believed it, but he stared all the same. it'd been a while, and even though he'd been on the mountain for a hot minute, he'd yet to see her. he was just soaking up her presence, which was warm and calming-- he liked it.

he was going to say something, maybe lean towards her-- or something, he couldn't help himself-- but the proud, unmistakable voice of lyra's fucking dad sounded from just behind them. it scared him, mostly because he'd already been spooked by lyra, and he didn't expect another scare. he tensed up, his tail stilling, but when his head whipped around he realized he had nothing to worry about... except that maybe the fact that he was sitting oh-so close to the mans daughter. 

but charon made no comment about that.

"yeah-- mom said they were meteors," he said, repeating the word one more time for lyra. he looked to charon before his gaze found the sky again, waiting for another light to streak by. "it is," he then agreed. he wanted to ask if charon knew what they were, exactly, since osprey always had a knack for storytelling and tended to make shit up as they went-- but he already knew the term so felt like he was obligated to know everything else about them. he took a stab at it. "she said that when the stars got too tired, they'd fall to the earth to rest--" that sounded stupid-- childish... oh! suck it up terance. "do you know what really happens?" he asked, stomach knotting as he turned to look at charon again. he'd never seen a star on the ground before, surely his mother's story wasn't 100% true. maybe charon would know, though it pained him to not seem to all-knowing in front of lyra.