Twinkle Twinkle
11-20-2015, 04:32 PM
Astrea smiled at the newly arrived male, her pale eyes taking the him in. She was a young thing. Too young, why was she here? Where where her parents? Astrea thought to her own nieces, a secure home and a loving sometimes over barring family to keep them healthy... These two it seemed have been thrust into a very harsh world far sooner than she and her siblings have been. A heavy weight pressed down at Astrea's heart as she turned to the other youngling. He seemed confused and distressed, his pain obvious to see... She sighed as she sat down, getting a more relaxed stance. "Sometimes, Ganta, life tests us, to see just how strong we are. Sometimes the tests are small things, like a hunt or a long journey... And sometimes the tests are big..." She flashed to the defining points in her life, those large challenges that changed a part of her heart. "Those big challenges are the points in your life that will change you the most, for the good or for the worst, it all depends on you." She gave the younglings a sad smile, knowing first hand the pain of a challenge like that. "I am sure your family will come out of this test all the stronger, they will come back to you..." I will make sure of that, Astrea silently added. "But enough of this dark talk. Tell me, do you know the constellations of the stars?" Astrea looked up then, hoping the little ones would humor her for a moment. "I am a expert you could say of the stars, I spend ever night just looking up at them. You would be shocked just how much you could learn from the patterns that are formed from things so far away." Zori chose that moment to zoom near her head, her small wings creating a breeze that ruffled the feathers on her face. "I could... teach you if you want." |