Heron Lake Plateau under stars

It was nice to see that mommy and daddy were here too. Of course, Eljay's parents would never die. He had been afraid of it happening but he had been told so many times that he shouldn't worry about it -- and then it hadn't happened, just like he'd been told -- that Eljay really thought them immortals at this point. He didn't often think of death, and found it difficult to think back to those that had passed. Except when mentioned in conversation or when someone asked him about it, Eljay still really considered them simply 'gone', not 'dead' or 'gone forever'. As if they had simply wandered off.

It also made Eljay feel relieved to hear that the organiser of the night was a little nervous. He didn't know her, but she seemed nice enough. It instantly made Eljay feel less nervous and out of place to see that she tripped over her words, and he smiled softly and encouragingly at her. Owen ptero'd something to Towhee but Eljay could not make sense of it in all the happenings. Towhee seemed frustrated about something but Eljay decided to simply try and ignore that, as he wasn't sure it was something he could solve anyway.

The touch and look Owen had given him was enough for Eljay to stay by the boy's side for now though. Maybe he would catch up with star-watching-organising-girl later to thank her for the night, or something, and at least reassure her that she had done well to organise it in case she felt insecure about her somewhat stammered explanatin.

Anyway, soon Eljay was distracted from his thoughts as Owen shouted 'up!' Considering he was still next to the boy Eljay startled briefly but then looked up just to catch the tail end of a falling star. Not sure if he had simply looked wrong Eljay kept watching the sky, hoping that wouldn't have been the last of it.