Moonspear Caught in all, the stars are hiding

No, she hadn't meant that at all.  Maia shook her head.  She didn't want to talk about it but she couldn't leave him thinking that.  She said it was the smoke.  She saw them together, but they were dead.  Not gone.  Everyone always said gone, but they weren't just gone.

She was silent for a minute after that, mostly because she didn't feel like saying or doing anything.  But she couldn't bring herself to end on that note.  She'd been looking forward to this and yeah everything was ruined and awful now, but she could at least leave him with something positive so he didn't think she was a big killjoy who he didn't want to be around anymore.  What's a falling star? She finally asked, peeking an eye out now that she'd gotten her breathing mostly under control.