Or a candle dancing on the breeze

Dante's honest answer surprised Osprey, who had expected him to have a wish of a similar pattern. People usually did - in her almost four years of life she had met no-one, who - just for a moment - hadn't wished to walk in someone else's shoes. When her leader turned out to be the very first to go against the stream, it confused her and made her feel a bit ashamed for her own silly little dream and regret being so open about it. She looked away from him and focused her gaze at the sky above them and the tiny, moving dark dots that were birds of some kind.

When you gave a second thought about, what he had said, it made her see that in a totally different light. "Then... you are a very lucky person," she said turning back to him and smiling once again. "You are content with your own skin, so to say. There aren't many people like that in the world. In fact - you are the first I have ever met. Cheers for that!"