Broken Boulder Through The Tulips!

Her face cracked in a wide grin as she followed where Korei pointed. "Little Dipper," she repeated, a giggle caught in her throat. "Funny little name for such a majestic group of stars." She looked over at her friend, wonder bright as moonlight in her eyes. "How can you pick out constellations like that? Patterns, and such? All I see is a bunch of random dots of light."

Even the "Little Dipper," which to seasoned astronomers was clear and bold in the sky, only seemed to have some form to it. But Lily knew there were other constellations, and while some had the gift--her mother was one of them--to find the shapes in the stars, she just couldn't see it.

There was a cluster of several stars--maybe just less than a dozen--above them that seemed to have some meaning; Lily nudged Korei, lifting her muzzle to gesture at it. "What about that one?" she asked, tail wagging in curiosity. "That looks like some sort of constellation."