The Sunspire Like Stars at Night - Never Lonely

Heph smiled, the stars were brilliant in their clarity and there were enough to make Atka's white coat and yellow eyes shine. She felt alive in the cool night air following the summer sun. And she smiled, dipping closer brushing her fur with Atka's then away again playfully as she responded with a wink. "You are." Her steps evened out and she let her own tail flash back and forth as she breathed as deeply as possible. "I'm glad, I like it too." She had been able to see the stars so clearly when she was younger.

It felt odd, to share. But the darkness felt all-encompassing, open, and she felt on top of that abyss not in it or below it where she stood on the mountain. So she let the words thrum in the throat, full of a truth she was not sure what it was, still with a bit of humor that could not leave her. "My mom used to tell me that wishes were for stars." And she felt like in that moment, the pair of them there, she had that freedom to wish for impossible things even under the ever-changing stars.