Firefly Glen Shadows in my mind

Nyra's answer didn't satisfy the child. Her first explanation disturbed her, and Jasmine chose not to dwell on what she had said, about everyone dying. Rather, she tapped into the answer Nyra couldn't give her. "Maybe you should find out why you're called that, then," she said. Jasmine didn't think she'd be the first to ask about why they'd chosen such an awful name for their family - something that should have been whole and beautiful. She was kind of glad, though, that Nyra's ignorance meant she wouldn't have to be the one to find out.

"What's more important than getting sleep?" Jasmine asked. She herself believed there were many things, but what she would give now, for a night she would feel secure and safe again! She thought of her siblings and wondered if they missed her, too...