ruo dreaded the season, seeing that females push themselves onto the males, and the other gender persuing lustfully at the girls. she thought in disgust as the world was tinted with pink and red, and the heat consuming all- and eventually herself. she couldn't help but dread it.

though it seemed her cousin had her own thoughts on the season, but the siren did not know her cousins thoughts on the season. she looked at the pitiful den when ruo came across ying, and asked her, "what are you doing." she hoped it wasn't a lovers nest.

ruo raised a brow of disbelief, but said no more, "finding spot for star gazing." while her cousin was making a den for.. reasons, she had her own reason for wandering about. perhaps there was a better place within. a higher ground, in particular. it wasn't within the waves, but she would have to do without to find the spot. the siren had to compromise.

"you don't stargaze." the siren pointed out the obvious, as she found it weird that ying would follow along toward her whims, especially something she knew did not interest the other. it'd be another story, if said-cousin knew a better place then her pride rock. there wasn't too many reachable places that could see the above so clearly..

"nothing," which was true.. except the pirate she met, but ruo preferred to keep it a secret until spring came, "what have you been doing."

ruo raised an eye; almost saying 'then why the fuck are you tagging along.' however, she didn't say anything and kept quiet on the matter. her cousin was following a whim just she was as well, "high." 

"anything good." some fish tasted good, some did not.

"higher, clearer, see all." ruo didn't know where she was going; anywhere high seemed to be unknown. she stayed by the back of the isle, where the forest stood right behind her pride rock. she was there majority of the time. there was the front, but she didn't touch it too much, such as the caves, a bit of the tide pools, and not much else. she wondered.. wasn't there a really large hill- which they could literally see. the siren locked her eyes upon it.

then turned to ying, "no longer a secret." now she knew. maybe not where, but she knew, and that was enough for ruo to find it. not that she needed to, but if the case ever came she grew hungry.

just girly things, "sure." she said in a monotone voice but held skeptism with an eye roll. she doubt her cousin would harm her dearly, if anything just attempt to drown her, but ruo had confidence to escape. the girl may have power, but the siren was as sleek as an otter.

"you don't know their stories." the girl shrugged at the bored-looking ying, feeling as the other did not know of their tales. it was another fascination, while as beautiful as they were, they could chart the lands.. and held their own words. blues kept a gaze toward the sky, as the night was to arrive.

"ursa major," they were always the center of the world, "and ursa minor; the bears." within the sky, you it was hard to tell their figure. only lines connected to dots, but the ancestors before formed them together, to become a legend, a story, a constellation. she wished to share what she too, had been taught.

perhaps it would be the most, she would talk, "the hunters spotted bear.. tiny bear follows." however, she did not know who the hunters were, for they were wolf, or cougar, or even the unknown, it was up to the listener.. "three wish to kill, but she must protect. they miss," ruo looked at ying, "and kill baby bear. etched into the heavens, out of pity."

she looked back up as the stars were here, "the three, chase mama bear to the stars. where she too, searches endlessly for her child in the dark sky. forever hunted, and forever longing."

and so the siren shared one tale of the ursa's.

"you remember bear shape." ying was a hunter, and a warrior. she knew her cousin had seen the beasts at some point in her life, and thought it might be easier to explain likewise. the bear was a large and round beast, but hunched, and a smaller head. though with the one's in the sky, there was a slight difference that still made ruo question, "the ursa's, have a wolf tail."

unlike the bears upon earth, the two had longer furred tails to draw out their constellation. just like the story was shared from her ancestors, they too were an ancestor. however they were an ancestor to others, the bears. they were the first, but also the last. continue to watch the rest down below as they continue an endless chase. the baby is the beginning, and the mama is the end.

"it is that. but that is the bear." ruo nodded, midly surprised that her cousin was even nearly close to where it was. though supposed if one did not know the star alignment correctly, they could see it was a mouse. it made the siren question actually.. but the story said otherwise.

"enjoy beautiful sky." however it wasn't only about understanding, but simply feeling the beauty. how she could look endlessly at not only the waves, but the twinkling light in the sky. ever changing, but moving back within a mapped world. some would fall down, and she would find them eventually.