Tuktu Weir Wishing Girl

When Jomyo spoke of traveling, Gracious cast her an intrigued look before returning her gaze up. Quietly, she searched for more, more constellations she knew of to perhaps help swap information with Jomyo. Anything Gracious could learn or teach would help her on her journey to her trade. After all, it was almost all she could care about at the moment, she desperately wanted to prove she was worth something and just wasn't this big wolf being lazy. Blinking, she snapped out of her dreamy state and heard something about the bear. "If you ever encounter one in the spring," she said lightly, "you best pray it doesn't have a cub with it. That makes them even more easily-provoked. Mother bears are no joke." 

Gracious had encountered a bear perhaps once or twice in her life whilst she lived on her own. She could go on and tell you the story of how it all went, but to shorten it up, she ran away with her tail between her legs, absolutely fearful of the vast power that exuded from the bear. The grizzle was a formidable beast, and once children were involved, it was a protective killing machine. She hoped Jomyo would never feel the same fear she felt before. 

As their conversation went on, Gracious was asked about other navigational stars. She thought for a little bit before answering.  "Look to the south," she instructed her before casting her gaze the same way, "if you see the biggest and brightest star there, then you've already found the constellation."

"It's called Canis Major, Greater Wolf." Gracious hadn't heard of the term dog yet nor had she ever met one, so she easily just added in "Wolf" to make things easier for herself. "It helps you navigate to find South; if you look carefully, you can see a straight line of small stars that line up with that bright one. It forms the spine of the Wolf. The big star is its chest."