Shadewood Shining shimmering splendor

She slid down onto her belly as Deku came outside, sneaking a peek back at the den to check for Orochi. Not seeing the other boy she sighed and instead took in the awed expression on her baby's face. She smiled at his sigh and gave a soft laugh at the innocent question "No baby, but they're called Starbugs. They have little lights on they're butts that they use to talk to one another" she explained and then leaned in close, her voice hushed like it was a secret shared just between the two of them "Back home in Japan we called them Hōmon genki, 'Visiting spirits'. The legend says that when our ancestors notice we are lonely and need a moment of peace, or if they simply wish to visit us, that they come from the afterlife in the form of tiny floating lights" she watched as one of the fireflies floated down to land briefly on Deku's nose, adding to the atmosphere of the story.