The Sentinels the stars of heaven hovered, in a shimmering galaxy

@Emaleth ?!

from what she could remember of the life before this one (which she did not identify as the same), there had been one constant. for whatever reason she remembered now what she would not—to this degree—in future days to come, when she would be able to hear, and she would forget and truly die in mind for some greater purpose, which she supposed, in accepting the future, she would know of when the time of The Great Forgetting came. remembering anything made her no better in this life than any who would remember, or not; it served her no purpose but comforts to look back on.

deirdre understood she would need to get used to this grounded life, where the chill could reach her the instant her mother might depart to relieve herself. it mattered not that it lasted for only seconds; these seconds were grueling hours to the pale cub who would keen for The Givers return. she was quiet and complacent otherwise, still and peaceful. she only disputed her world shifting, and when she yowled her displeasure it was her confusion and her wonderment riddled into the highest pitch: is the one thing never enough!

but there was one beside her, her constant companion whom deirdre loved with everything in her. loved her as much as she could. this one was named emaleth, and the inkblot in her world gave her the power to progress. even she could quiet her sooner than any other; when she protested, a simple shift of emaleth was all that it took to remind her that all was well, she was here. if there was one thing that truly set deirdre into a fit of furious misery it would be when one tried to separate them. deirdre demanded that they must always be in contact in every way she could and revolted the instant this was compromised.

her wailing was but a mewl, but it was persistent. emaleth not being beside her was one change she could not endure. at present they lay side by side, and deirdre was quiet and sweet, nuzzling into her mother, sure to keep her side against her dearest and most beloved.