Ouroboros Spine The seas part when they hit the floor.

Nuak did not like the look on her face, so he did not look at her. His tattered ears were listening for an answer. What came was limited at best; spoken carefully by the girl, a brief explanation that did not make much sense to him.

A star fell? What did that mean. He wouldn't ask.

Lucky you. Yes; she could rebuild after having lost so much, but he had lost everything. He did not know where to start, or if it were possible.

He did not know what else to say, seething over their similarities and jealous over their differences.