Lake Rodney stars, tell me your stories

Charon was charmed and endeared by the boy's enthusiasm. He felt estranged of himself when he realised this, because he'd never really been one to be charmed by anyone. Becoming a father had made him soft, he deducted, though Charon couldn't quite tell if it was a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe a bit of both.

Zodiac was apparently another word for constellations, as far as Charon could tell, judging by the description of pictures in the sky. He nodded as he listened to the boy and glanced up into the sky. Knowing many constellations, Charon easily found the one that the boy mentioned. "I see it," he shared with a smile, and chuckled at the boy's description of the zodiac Leo. He wondered who'd taught him. Oldest trick in the book, of course, to teach pups stories about things that took care of naughty pups. "Who taught you these things? Do you know more?"