I dream of Polar night

"Me?" Osprey repeated, turning her head away from the little kid and looking up again. She didn't have a good answer for that. There were some things you simply did out of the joy of doing. There was no real point in that. Was she looking for someone among the stars? Maybe it would have been easier if she had had the same belief as the kid - that her parents and other deceased family members were up there. Looking down at them, listening and sometimes replying.

"My pack lives far away," she explained, deciding to be honest to him. "I miss them dearly, but I can't return to them now... and I looked at the stars, hoping that maybe one of them sees them too. It's silly," she said bashfully looking away.