I dream of Polar night

Charon was confused when the female told him that her mother was not here anymore either, because if she was dead, then surely she would also have gone to the sky to be a star? He did not linger on his confusion too long nor did he ask her about it, soon absorbed by his own sadness. He looked up at her with his sad eyes as she came a bit closer. When she touched him he flinched at first, but then relaxed as he realised she was only trying to comfort him.

As the female nuzzled him and said that his mother surely missed him too, Charon closed his eyes a moment and clenched his jaw, trying to be tough and not show his sadness too much under the comforting touch.

Suddenly Charon asked, "Why was you lookin' at the stars?" He thought that she must have lost someone dear to her and hoped to be close to them by looking at the stars, but now it turned out that wasn't right. If there was no one she knew up there, why did she value their company so much?