Moonspear Caught in all, the stars are hiding

Charon hated having to make her think back to what had happened, but he had to know for sure. He frowned and nodded in silence as she clarified, glad to know the truth of it but still sad all the same. Like her, he didn't really want to talk about it (though he would've if that's what she had needed), and preferred to move on to other things.

There was silence for some time, and he regretted making that awful joke. He really would hate to leave their meeting at that. Not many friends were left for him in these lands -- all gone or dead -- and of those left, none ever visited him upon the mountain. He didn't want to lose this, he realised as he got the time to think.

Eventually she broke the silence by asking what a falling star is. He supposed she must've never seen one. Charon explained: I don't know exactly what the stars are or how far up they are. But sometimes, you'll see a flash of light pierce the sky. That's a falling star. They say that when you see a falling star, you can make a wish and the star'll make it come true. Or.. something did, anyway. It was just silly hearsay, perhaps, but Charon liked to think that it was true. Just this winter, a piece of star fell on our mountain. Charon guarded it closely, glad to have such a sacred piece from the heavens on his own mountain.