Moonspear sing a new song

"Oh," said Alya, a bit perturbed by this anti-climatic ending. Though she understood a great deal, she was, perhaps, still too young to understand the sort of love shared between her mother and father. To Alya, love was not an act or a promise, but an event. Something that happened to you, instead of something you practiced and cherished and lived.

But Amekaze was right in thinking her explanation would bring on even more questions. Though Alya misunderstood 'heat' to be a synonym for 'summer', she was now considering a question she had before.

"Where did we come from, anyway?" she asked, head cocking to the side.