Moonspear waves

A lot of questions were fired at him as Julia followed behind, staying obediently behind his shoulder. He was beginning to mellow a little, perhaps out of guilt, perhaps because he liked the way she acted now better. What are the stars was the kind of question he had no direct answer to, because he didn't know, either.

"Some stars have names, especially the big and bright ones," he explained, a bit more patiently so now, "And together they form star figures that are called constellations. It means that several stars make a figure in the sky." He looked at Julia to see if she understood, deciding to save the 'what are the stars' question for later, when they'd settled.

He rounded up a corner and there was a ledge there from which they could watch the stars, where he settled down on the ground, paws dangling from the edge.