Phantom Hollow Eyes in the darkness

Esteban watched with admiring eyes as she mouthed the foreign words to the sky and became steadily more comfortable with the nighttime forest. He too laid back and stared into infinity. She asked about night - he would give her night and day to make it easier. "Night, noche, and day, manana." he said. With heavy lidded eyes and contentedness, out of habit he said to the stars, "Buenas noches."