Serpent Lake To my dismay, I have forgotten how to leave

Nephele gave a little happy chuff of a noise, tipping her head towards the sky.

The stars. It was so dark in the woods I lived in, the sun barely made it through and the moon was a moot point. I missed seeing the stars. She said, a small smile tugging up her lips.

The moon too. Once I left, that’s what I travelled by. Moon and stars. With only those two as her companions, she had made her way here. To Akashingo and Sabah and everything else.

Nephele breathed out, ear swiveling to face the man.

And you? What is your favorite thing in the sky?