From the corner of his eye (ATTN: Yildun)

When Yildun questioned her about helping him, she nodded, momentarily forgetting that he couldn't see her. She watched him closely as he then hung his head in response to her question, apparently embarrassed. Koontz felt badly for making him feel this way, however inadvertently, and she listened with an open mind as he tried to explain.

Truly, she wondered if he perhaps heard voices in his head and simply attributed them to the unseen stars. Pondering this made the cogs in her brain spin rapidly, spooling out abstract thoughts, one of which she blurted: "What is your understanding of the stars? I mean, do you know what they are and what they look like?" There were many more questions crowding behind that one, yet she kept them in check for now.

Perhaps because she was thinking more quickly now, Koontz very belatedly realized her earlier faux pas. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Yildun. I nodded yes to your earlier question. Of course I can help. That's what I'm here for." She felt a strong twinge of guilt and shuffled her gray paws with an inward sigh.